Enkū
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| Born | Mino Province |
|---|---|
| Died | Seki |
| Gifu | |
| Japan | |
| 1695 | |
| Seki | |
| Gifu | |
| Japan | |
| First ascents | Mount Kasa |
| School | Tendai Jimonshu |
| Books | Mino Province |
| In Heaven's River: Poems and Carvings of Mountain-Monk Enku | |
| Enku, master carver | |
| Date of birth | January 1,1632 |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1677079 |
Enkū Life story
Enkū was a Japanese Buddhist monk, poet and sculptor during the early Edo period. He was born in Mino Province and is famous for carving some 120,000 wooden statues of the Buddha and other Buddhist icons, many of which were given in payment for lodging on his pilgrimages to temples throughout Japan.
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