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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mario, post: 159507, member: 1703&quot;]<b>Kofukuji (Kōfukuji) Temple</b> 興福寺 in Nara. The workshop headquarters of the <a href="http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/busshi-glossary.html#keiha" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/busshi-glossary.html#keiha" rel="nofollow">Keiha School</a> of Buddhist Sculptors, who dominated the world of Japanese Buddhist statuary in the 13th and 14th century. Since their main workshop at Kofukuji was in Nara, they are known as the Nara Busshi. The workshop was first established by <a href="http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/busshi-buddha-sculptors-kamakura-era-japan.html#raijo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/busshi-buddha-sculptors-kamakura-era-japan.html#raijo" rel="nofollow">Raijo</a> in the early 11th century. See <a href="http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/busshi-glossary.html#narabusshi" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/busshi-glossary.html#narabusshi" rel="nofollow">Nara Busshi</a> for more details. Kofukuji Temple was also the clan temple of the powerful <a href="http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/busshi-glossary.html#fujiwara" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/busshi-glossary.html#fujiwara" rel="nofollow">Fujiwara</a> 藤原 family.(Pulled from onmarkproductions.com)</p><p>The three marks on the carving are the same characters as the ones in the middle of the Japanese writing seen here on top. I agree, very old and the way the wood grain was figured into the lines of the carving, ie; robe, beard hair. More than likely a &quot;master carver&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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