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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 1 Details and identification results of Japanese and Chinese statues

From: Wood identification of Japanese and Chinese wooden statues owned by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA

Serial no.

Accession nos.

Title sort (sample name and collected part)

Culture

Sample size (mm)

Date

Identified species

1a

12.129

Amida, the Buddha of Infinite Light (base)

Japan

< 0.5 × 1 × 2

Kamakura period, latter half of the thirteenth century

Chamaecyparis obtusa

2a

12.333

Deva, a Heavenly Being (underside, centerback)

Japan

< 1 × 1 × 2

Late Heian period, first half of the eleventh century

Chamaecyparis obtusa

3a

36.413

The Shinto Deity Hachiman in the Guise of a Buddhist Monk (inside of neck cavity)

Japan

< 0.5 × 1 × 2

Kamakura period, dated 1328

Chamaecyparis obtusa

4

50.1948

Figure of Guanyin (underside and back edge)

China

< 1 × 2 × 2

Song dynasty

Paulownia sp.

5

09.73

Amida, the Buddha of Infinite Light, (lower back)

Japan

1 × 2 × 5

Late Heian period, the twelfth century

Chamaecyparis obtusa

6

11.10.1

Dainichi, the Buddha of Infinite Illumination, [mortise in back (PR)]

Japan

1 × 2 × 4

Late Heian period, latter half of the eleventh century

Chamaecyparis obtusa

7

11.10.2

Dainichi, the Buddha of Infinite Illumination, [Daiza, back lotus petal (PL)]

Japan

0.5 × 1 × 6

Late Heian period, latter half of the eleventh century

Chamaecyparis obtusa

8

11.11409.1.1

Bishamoten, the Guardian of the North, (tenon, PR foot)

Japan

1 × 3 × 4

Late Heian period, late eleventh century–twelfth century

Chamaecyparis obtusa

9

11.11409.1.1

Bishamoten, the Guardian of the North, [drapey sleeve (PR)]

Japan

2 × 2 × 10

Late Heian period, late eleventh century–twelfth century

Chamaecyparis obtusa

10

11.11409.2

Bishamoten, the Guardian of the North, [bottom edge or base, back (PL)]

Japan

1 × 2 × 3

Late Heian period, late eleventh century–twelfth century

Chamaecyparis obtusa

11

05.220.3

Fudô myôô, the Immovable One, [under bottom edge (PR)]

Japan

1 × 2 × 3

Late Heian period, the twelfth century

Chamaecyparis obtusa

12

05.220.2

Fudô myôô, the Immovable One, (base, inside PL mortise)

Japan

1 × 2 × 5

Late Heian period, the twelfth century

Cryptomeria japonica

13

11.11428

Dainichi, the Buddha of Infinite Illumination, (inside, Interior)

Japan

0.5 × 2 × 12

Late Heian period, dated 1105 (Choji 2)

Chamaecyparis obtusa

14

11.11428

Dainichi, the Buddha of Infinite Illumination, (PL)

Japan

0.5 × 4 × 13

Late Heian period, dated 1105 (Choji 2)

Chamaecyparis obtusa

15

11.11428

Dainichi, the Buddha of Infinite Illumination, ( interior head front)

Japan

0.5 × 1 × 7

Late Heian period, dated 1105 (Choji 2)

Chamaecyparis obtusa

  1. aSerial numbers 1, 2, and 3 have already been reported [7]
  2. PL proper left; PR proper right