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Important Cultural Property
The Bodhisattva Kannon
観音菩薩坐像
At a glance — Sculpture · Edo period, 17th century · held by Tokyo National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.
Fact Sheet
- Designation
- Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
- Category
- Sculpture
- Period
- Edo period, 17th century
- Date
- 1601–1700
- Held by
- Tokyo National Museum
- Location
- Ueno, Tokyo
- Catalogue ID
- cobas-58491
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Officials confiscated many figures of the bodhisattva Kannon from suspected Christians in Urakami, Nagasaki in southern Japan. As these were assessed to be figures of Kannon by Buddhist monk inspectors, those arrested were not persecuted as Christians. Bronze figures like this were common, second only to white porcelain figures.
— Museum description: Tokyo National Museum (CC BY 4.0), via ColBase / Japan Search.
Record & Sources
- Designation: Important Cultural Property (重要文化財), Government of Japan
- Catalogue ID: cobas-58491 (permanent)
- Official record: Japan Search — jpsearch.go.jp/item/cobas-58491
- Holder's collection: ColBase — Tokyo National Museum
- Photograph: Tokyo National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0. CC BY 4.0 licence
Cite this page: “The Bodhisattva Kannon（観音菩薩坐像）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-58491. Tokyo National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/the-bodhisattva-kannon-58491/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
- Genre: Sculpture
- Category: Historical materials:Christian-related materials
- Material: Cast bronze
- Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
- 員数: 1軀
- 分類: 彫刻
- 品質形状: 銅造
- 種別: 歴史資料:キリシタン関係遺品
- 法量: 高9.7
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