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En no Gyōja with Zenki and Kōki

役行者及び前期と後期像

1615–1868

Japan, Edo period

(1615–1868)
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Medium
wood with paint
Measurements
Part 1: 24 x 18 x 11.3 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/16 x 4 7/16 in.); Part 2: 8.5 x 6 x 4 cm (3 3/8 x 2 3/8 x 1 9/16 in.); Part 3: 8.5 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm (3 3/8 x 2 3/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Weight: 555 g
Credit Line
Gift of Yuko Hosomi and Koichi Yanagi 2012.73
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These figures' miniaturized format allowed them to be portable devotional statuettes that worshipers could carry as they traveled.

Description

This trio of figures, identified as Enno Gyoja and his two attendants, Zenki and Kōki, 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. Kōki carries a sake bottle.
A dark wood carving features a central seated figure in long robes and a peaked hat. Their face has a long beard and upward-curving lips. They hold a thin metal staff with rings. On a tiered base, two smaller figures with muscular torsos and thick hair kneel on either side. The group rests on a rectangular wooden platform with visible grain and traces of gold-toned paint along its layered edges.

En no Gyōja with Zenki and Kōki

1615–1868

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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