Statue of Gaman no Oni at Jōren-ji

The statue is carved from weathered, dark gray stone and shows a muscular, hunched figure with a grimacing face and curly hair, seated on a flat stone base. To the left stands a wooden sign with black Japanese calligraphy. The figure exhibits a posture of intense endurance, with its arms pulled tightly against its torso, a motif often associated with the Buddhist concept of patience.

The figure represents the 'Gaman no Oni' (the Oni of perseverance), a manifestation of the Japanese folk Buddhist virtue of 'gaman'—enduring the unbearable with patience and dignity.