[4] His carving of a pair of dragon gods can be found in the rear alcoves of Kaminarimon Gate at the entrance to Tokyo's Sensō-ji Temple, installed in 1978 on the 1,350th anniversary of the Kannon's first appearance in Asakusa.

[5] Denchū was born in Shitsuki (now part of Ibara) in Okayama Prefecture, Japan in 1872, under the name Tanaka.

In 1907, Denchu and three other sculptors established the Nihon Chōkoku Kai (Japan Sculpture Society), and he submitted his 1908 wood sculpture Katsujinsen ("The life-bearing arrow") to its first exhibition, winning the attention of the influential art scholar Okakura Tenshin.

[4] One of Denchu's best-known works is the 238 centimetres (7.81 ft)-tall statue Tenshō (Reincarnation) of 1920.

[8] According to Penelope Mason's History of Japanese Art: Denchū died on December 30, 1979, and is buried at Tama Cemetery in Fuchū in western Tokyo.