Tochigi Traditional Crafts - Nogi-no-sekibutsu (Nogi stone Buddha statues)

Pottery Woodwork Bamboo Crafts Metalwork Festival Implements
and Tools Textiles Dyed Textiles Other Crafts Tools

Tochigi Traditional Craft Products Traditional Craft Promotional Video Map of Tochigi Prefecture Traditional Craft Products Tochigi Prefecture Traditional
Craft Products and Hands-on Experiences Privacy Policy

MENU
HOME
Pottery
Woodwork
Bamboo Crafts
- Chiku-kogei (bamboo ware)
- Nasu-no-shinokogei (Nasu shino-bamboo ware)
Metalwork
- Tenmyo-imono (Tenmyo cast-metal goods)
- Motegi-no-uchihamono (Motegi hammered blades)
Festival Implements and Tools
Textiles
Dyed Textiles
Other Crafts
Tools
- Honba Yuki-tsumugi Shokki (Jibata) (genuine Yuki-silk-cloth looms (local cloth))
Tochigi Traditional Craft Products
Traditional Craft Promotional Video
Map of Tochigi Prefecture Traditional Craft Products
Tochigi Prefecture Traditional Craft Products and Hands-on Experiences
Privacy Policy

HOME
Other Crafts
Nogi-no-sekibutsu (Nogi stone Buddha statues)

Nogi-no-sekibutsu
(Nogi stone Buddha statues)

History (Origins)

Nobotoke (Buddha statues displayed along rural paths and roads), jizo (Ksitigarbha bodhisattva) statues and other Nogi-no-sekibutsu were made during the Edo Period (1600–1868).

Characteristics (Techniques and Materials)

These Buddha statues come in a wide variety of styles and forms, including those with silky-smooth surfaces, those with visible marks left on the surface from hand-carving, and many others.

Contact Information

Yasuhisa Okubo
376-24, Marubayashi, Nogi-machi Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi, 329-0101
TEL: +81-280-55-0385

▲