Minobu town 

Mokujikishonin was born in 1718 in Marubatake, the second son of Ito Rokubei. His childhood name is not known for certain, but he left his hometown when he was 14, and became a monk when he was 22 taking the name "Yukimichi". Later, he named himself Mokujikigogyobosatsu or Myomanshonin, but he is best known as Mokujikishonin. When he was 45, he decided to travel Japan for training, and received Mokujikikai, that he had to cut grains for sustenance. He began his travels when he was 56 and wandered all over Japan for 37 years, carving thousands of Buddhist images wherever he went. He passed away in 1810 at the age of 93. This Buddhist image is made when he went home for the third time in the 12th year of the Kansei Period, the 27th year of his training. Articles he left behind after he died include lodge records and his collection of Tanka (poems) made during his training.