Buddhist Altar Fitting Kukai Kobo Daishi Vtg Figurine Wood Shingon School BA185 pouch Kanji on the stand means

Kanji on the stand means the 5th station of Mt

5 cm long x 32

Item weight: 821 grams

It has a crackled light green glaze and is is decorated with pictures of round coins with a square hole in the center

Buddhist Altar Fitting Kukai Kobo Daishi Vtg Figurine Wood Shingon School BA185 pouch Kanji on the stand meansVtg Japanese Buddhist Altar Fitting Kukai Wood Figurine This is a Japanese vintage carved wood figurine of Kukai (or Kobo Daishi), the founder of the Shindon school in Japan and a very important figure of Japanese Buddhism. This wooden figurine is painted in ocre yellow and brown. Kukai is holding a vajra in his right hand and a juzu prayer beads bracelet in his left hand. The figurine is sitting on a lacquered wood stand in a classic Buddhist black