@article{oai:tobunken.repo.nii.ac.jp:00008981,
 author = {津田, 徹英 and Tsuda, Tetsuei},
 issue = {426},
 journal = {美術研究, The bijutsu kenkyu : the journal of art studies},
 month = {Dec},
 note = {Jôgon'in, a massive Jôdo school temple in the Azuchi district of present-day Omihachiman city, Shiga prefecture, was established under the direction of Oda Nobunaga in 1576. Prior to building his castle at Azuchi, Nobunaga eradicated the Sasaki-Rokkaku family, the local clan lord of the area during the preceding Warring States period. This included the destruction of Jionji, the temple housing that family's ancestral burial ground. Nobunaga built Jôgon'in on the same site by forcibly moving buildings,a major Buddhist sculpture and priests from other places to the site. As a result, it has been thought that all traces of Jionji originally located on the site had been completely and thoroughly demolished, so that none remained.
     However, what has been unknown is the fact that a wooden Seiryôji style Standing Sakyamuni sculpture (figs. 5-9, h. 156.7 cm) has been handed down in the Hondô (main hall) of Jôgon'in, a temple with the above noted history. At first glance this work can be seen as dating back to the Warring States period. Conservation work was carried out on this sculpture over the course of two years, beginning in the spring of 2015, returning it to as close as possible to its original state.
     This article provides research material on this sculpture. I first examine the sculptural style, and indicate that it was produced by an In School busshi (sculptor) in the second quarter of the 14th century. Next, the memorial praise statement read during the third anniversary memorial ceremony for Sasaki Ujiyori (1326-1370) states that a Sakyamuni sculpture copying the central worship image in the Saga-Shakadô, Seiryôji, Kyoto was made and the sculpture placed as the central worship image in a temple with the title plaque Jionji. The newly restored Sakyamuni sculpture is that sculpture. This praise statement notes that Jionji was a branch temple of Saidaiji in Nara. Several medieval period documents that remain at Saidaiji underscore this statement. An examination of these documents and Sasaki Ujiyori's achievements indicate that Jionji was founded no earlier than 1334, and that at the latest it was fully established by 1340. This dating is in accord with the production date for this sculpture surmised on the basis of its style.
     This sculpture has not previously been identified. And yet, it is now apparent that this was the central worship image of Jionji, established by the major Japanese medieval period figure Sasaki Ujiyori. I have introduced this sculpture and its history here to inform the world of its existence, an image that has been handed down unknown and unrecognized at Jôgon'in.},
 pages = {93--110},
 title = {研究資料　滋賀・浄厳院蔵 木造釈迦如来立像― 佐々木氏頼（一三二六～七〇）発願の旧慈恩寺本尊―},
 year = {2018}
}