National Treasures & Important Cultural Properties
of National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan

This image has a unique style, such as a bare upper body without any decorations, a slender waist and extremely long and thin arms. The facial features have an atmosphere different from that of images created in Japan and the slim and slightly flat body resembles that of the seated Bodhisattva image in the National Museum of Korea. Considering these unique features, it is highly likely that this image was brought into Japan from Korea.
The image, including the pedestal, is created in almost one cast and hollowed out below the hips. The upper body above the hips is solid. The copper thickness below the hips is almost even and thin. There are many mold cavities in both the body and base. The first finger of the right hand is cast separately and secured by a rivet. Gold plating remains over almost the entire surface except the reverse side of the crown and the upper half of the back of the head. For coloring, black sumi remains on the front hair and hanging hair, as well as the black lines on the eyebrows, eyeballs, mustache and beard.