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En no Gyōja with Zenki and Kōki (Zenki)

1615–1868
(1615-1868)
wood and paint
Overall: 8.5 x 6 x 4 cm (3 3/8 x 2 3/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Weight: 25.3 g
Gift of Yuko Hosomi and Koichi Yanagi 2012.73.b
Location: not on view
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This Edo period sculpture shares the iconography and religious function with Seated Zenki and Kōki, CMA 2012.40, from the earlier Muromachi period.

Description

This is one of a trio of figures identified as Enno Gyoja and his two attendants, Zenki and Kōki. The set follows the iconography of Shugendo, the traditional mountain ascetic practice in Japan. Enno Gyoja is depicted as a hermit-monk, seated on a rock attached to a modern base. He holds a staff in his right hand and a sutra in the left. The two attendants take the form of half-human, half-demonic figures and are regarded as a married couple.
En no Gyōja with Zenki and Kōki (Zenki)

En no Gyōja with Zenki and Kōki (Zenki)

1615–1868

Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)

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