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The Youth Seitaka (Seitaka Dōji)

制多迦童子図像

1164

Japan, Heian period

(794–1185)
Medium
hanging scroll; ink on paper
Measurements
Overall: 50.2 x 30.6 cm (19 3/4 x 12 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mary B. Lee, C. Bingham Blossom, Dudley S. Blossom III, Laurel B. Kovacik, and Elizabeth B. Blossom, in memory of Elizabeth B. Blossom 1972.162
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Location
Not on view
Print
A hanging scroll in ink depicts Seitaka, a man with light skin tone and hair in a topknot, riding a horse toward our right. Seitaka is bare-chested, wears beaded jewelry, and holds a rope connected to the horse's harness. The horse's front legs are raised as it prances. Japanese calligraphy is inscribed around the figures. The aged paper shows staining and horizontal creases, framed by a dark, textured border.

The Youth Seitaka (Seitaka Dōji)

1164

Japan, Heian period (794–1185)

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