Abstract
The twelve wooden statues of Tomyoji in Futtsu City are a typical example of the twelve heavenly generals called “Okura Yakushidostyle” which was spread around Kamakura area. “Okura Yakushido-style” was inevented at Okura Yakushido, which was founded by Hojo Yoshitoki (the seconde regent of Kamakura Shogunate), to illustrate the tale called “Inugami Reikentan (miraculous effect of Dog God)” written in “Azuma Kagami”. Considering the time when “Inugami Reikentan” tale was established and comparing with other examples of the twelve statues of “Okura Yakushido-style”, it can be estimated that the statues of Tomyoji is the earliest existing statues, created in the middle to the latter half of the 13th century. The sponsor of statues is seems to be Samurai Amou family belongs to samurai group of the Kazusa family who ruled the area from the latter half of the Heian era. The twelve heavenly generals are worship as a god in India but those statues are even more prosperous in practice with the Zodiac in Japan. “Okura Yakushido-style”, who focused on dog, should be called one of the last version of the faith of Twelve heavenly generals who widely spread in eastern Asia.
