Incidentally, according to "Gangoji-engi", there was an inscription on the halo of the sixteen-shaku (around 4.85m) high statue, which said the statue was "reverently begun" in 605 and finished in 609. なお、『元興寺縁起』に引く「丈六光銘」(「一丈六尺の仏像の光背銘」の意)には乙丑年(推古天皇13年、605年)に「敬造」(謹んで造るの意)し、己巳年(609年)に「畢竟」(造り終わるの意)とある。 |