Enkū
Enkū | |
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One of Enkū's many carvings | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1632 |
| Died | 1695 Miroku-ji temple, Seki, Gifu, Japan |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| School | Tendai Jimonshu |
| Senior posting | |
| Successor | Encho |
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| Japanese Buddhism |
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Enkū (円空) (1632–1695) was a Japanese Buddhist monk, poet and sculptor during the early Edo period. He was born in Mino Province (present-day Gifu Prefecture) 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.