(Buddha), (sculpture).

(Buddha), (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

(Buddha), (sculpture).

(Japanese House Buddha), (sculpture).

Jizo, a Buddhist Diety, (sculpture).

Jizo, a Japanese House Buddha, (sculpture).

Sculpture: stone; Base: concrete.

Sculpture: approx. 74 x 26 x 22 in.; Base: approx. 2 x 36 x 29 in.

A standing stone Buddha wearing a long robe draped over his shoulders and arms. His arms are bent at his elbows, with the palm of his proper left hand facing upward, holding an orb. The fingers of his proper right hand are curved and held together as if around a staff. His eyes and lips are closed.

Religion -- Buddhism

Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Administered by City of Philadelphia, Fairmount Park Commission, Memorial Hall, West Park, P. O. Box 21601, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131

Administered by Friends of the Japanese House and Garden, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Located Fairmount Park, Horticultural Center, (Japanese House), Shofuso Garden, west side of park, Belmont Avenue & North Horticultural Drive, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

In 1954, this Jizo Buddha was presented to the Museum of Modern Art in New York for exhibition along with the Japanese House and 250 of the rocks which decorate the garden. In 1958, the Japanese House, the Shofuso Garden, and the Jizo Buddha were given to the City of Philadelphia. One of the two SOS! surveys submitted for this piece notes that the Friends of the Japanese House and Garden, a group organized to preserve this facility, and the Fairmount Park Art Commission, are the administrators of the piece. The Buddha is located in the Shofuso Garden of the Japanese House. The Jizo, a buddhist diety of Kyoto, Japan, is an aid to devotion. Offering such as flowers, fruit, and incense show acts of devotion to the Buddhism religious doctrines. Buddha teaches the doctrine of "anatman" or denial of the permanent soul and the Jizo Buddha represents the salvation of the small children.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.

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