S P O T ／ SPOT-118
B-Grade Chaos
Takanabe Daishi
高鍋大師たかなべだいし
Near the Mochida burial mound cluster stands a hill covered in some 750 syncretic stone images, carved single-handedly by the late Iwaoka Yasukichi from his sixties onward. Miyazaki Kankō Navi explains that he began the work in 1933 to console the spirits of the ancients buried in the looted tombs. Naïve, strongly deformed forms meet a motive of memorial — a powerfully Bizarre Japan-grade folk and outsider-art site, fit for the national edition.
N O P H O T O
H I G H L I G H T S
Highlights
- 01Around 750 syncretic Buddhist–Shinto stone images
- 02Founded as a memorial to the looting of the Mochida burial mounds
- 03A hillside where private devotion and outsider art converge
A C C E S S ／ M E T A
Essentials
- Location
- Miyazaki Prefecture Takanabe Town, Koyu District
- Address
- 宮崎県児湯郡高鍋町大字持田
- Fee
- 無料
- Hours
- 常時見学可、日中推奨
- Status
- 現存