It is known from his relics that even in his eighty-fifth year, he left his home village on a wandering journey and kept on sculpturing statues until 1808, when he was in his ninety-first year. |
木喰は故郷に安住することなく、85歳にしてまたも放浪の旅に出、91歳の1808年(文化5年)まで、仏像を彫っていたことが遺品からわかっている。 |