| 1986 | Born in 1986 in Takeo City, Saga Prefecture. |
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| 2005 | Graduated from Saga Kita High School Art Course. |
| 2009 | Started Buddhist statue carving in Kyoto at the age of 19. Graduated from Kyoto Saga Art University with a major in sculpture. |
| 2014 | Held the first solo exhibition in Kyoto. |
| 2015 | Received monastic ordination at home in 2015, with the dharma name “Taikan”. |
| 2016 | Held a solo exhibition in Saga Prefecture. |
| 2017 | Solo exhibition at Takeo City Library in Takeo City, Saga Prefecture. |
| 2018 | Held a joint exhibition titled “Three-person Exhibition of Buddhist Sculptors and Japanese Painters” in Saga Prefecture. |
| 2021 | Placed the Four Divine Beasts (Seiryu, Suzaku, Byakko, Genbu) at Aomori Prefecture’s Seiryu-ji, a temple of the Shingon sect of Koyasan. Organized an event titled “The World of Buddhist Sculptures Explained by Eguchi Taikan” at the head temple of the world heritage site Ninna-ji Temple. (Appearances on JR Tokai’s “Let’s Go to Kyoto” in November 2019 and December 2020.) |
| 2021.8 | Held a solo exhibition at Gallery Kubota in Tokyo. |
| 2021.9 | Held a solo exhibition at the Fukuoka City Museum. |
| 2022.5 | Held a joint exhibition titled “Two-person Exhibition of Buddhist Sculptors and Japanese Painters” at Gallery Fujiyama in Saga City. |
- Member of the Japan Architectural Art and Craft Association.
- Participated in the Shiga Prefecture Buddhist Sculptors Association’s New Buddhist Sculpture Exhibition every year since 2013.
- Currently, operates a studio in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City.
Principal Collections
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Aomori
- Koyasan Shingon Buddhism – Seiryu-ji
- Shingon Buddhism – Seiryu-ji Four Divine Beasts (Seiryu, Suzaku, Genbu, Byakko)
- Koyasan Shingon Buddhism – Fudo-ji
- Bishamonten Standing Statue
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Tokyo
- Koyasan Shingon Buddhism – Shinjo-in
- Fudo Myoo Sitting Statue
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Chiba
- Soto Zen – Kongoji
- Acala Standing Statue
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Kyoto
- Choseien
- Thousand-Armed Kannon Standing Statue
- Eleven-Faced Kannon Standing Statue
- Amaterasu Oomikami Standing Statue
- Jizo Bosatsu Standing Statue
- Jizo Bosatsu Triad Standing Statue
- Amida Nyorai Standing Statue
- Nichiren Buddhism – Myoshu-ji
- Myoken Bodhisattva Standing Statue
- Kokka-en
- Jibo Kannon Sitting Statue
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Hiroshima
- Soto Zen – Ryuko-ji
- Bishamonten Standing Statue
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Saga
- Soto Zen – Jitoku-an
- Restoration of the Jizo Bosatsu Standing Statue’s Halo
- Soto Zen – Zenpuku-ji
- Shakyamuni Buddha Standing Statue
- Jizo Bosatsu Sitting Statue
- Jizo Bosatsu Standing Statue
- Jodo Shinshu – Choko-ji
- Amida Nyorai Standing Statue with Halo
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Nagasaki
- Koyasan Shingon Buddhism – Rokudai-ji
- Jizo Bosatsu Standing Statue
CONTACT
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