政宗のこの木製の像は、死後17年たった1652年につくられた。もともと瑞巌寺の本堂にある祭壇に設置されており、宮城県の文化財に指定されている。像は朝鮮出兵の際に、伊達政宗が家臣団を率いた姿を描いたもので、27歳頃のものだと言われている。政宗は幼少期の病がもとで右目を失っていた。政宗は彼自身の意思により2つの目があるよう彫像を作るよう依頼したと言われているが、彫刻家は彫像の右目をやや狭く作ることで彼の本来の姿を暗示している。
Title Statue of Date Masamune (1567–1636)
- Miyagi
- Topic(s)：
- Historic Sites/Castle Ruins Shrines/Temples/Churches Public Works & Institutions (Museums, etc.)
- Medium/Media of Use：
- Interpretive Sign
- Text Length：
- ≤250 Words
- FY Prepared：
- 2018
- Associated Tourism Board：
- ZUIGANJI
- Associated Address：
- 91 Chounai, Matsushima, Matsushima-machi Miyagi-gun , Miyagi
English
This wooden statue of Masamune was created in 1652, seventeen years after his death. It was originally placed in the altar room of Zuiganji’s main hall and is a Designated Cultural Property of Miyagi Prefecture. The statue is said to depict Masamune at the age of twenty-seven, when he led a contingent of samurai during a military campaign on the Korean peninsula. Masamune lost his right eye to a childhood disease. When he commissioned the statue in his will, Masamune is said to have requested that it show him with two eyes, but the artist has hinted at his true appearance by making the statue’s right eye slightly narrower.
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