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En no Gyōja

役行者像

1200s

Japan, Kamakura period

(1185-1333)

Wood

Average: 74.9 cm (29 1/2 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1975.65

Location

not on view

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This sculpture was once flanked by the demons Zenki and Koki (CMA, 2012.40).

Description

This Buddhist monk is known as En no Gyōja, or “En the Ascetic” (legendarily 634–701), who is said to have founded Shugendō, a style of religious practice focused on performing challenging, rigorous tests of courage and devotion in mountainous settings.

Provenance

?-1975

(R. Hosomi, Osaka, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1975-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 370 archive.org

Ōsaka Shiritsu Bijutsukan, and Tōbu Bijutsukan. En no gyōja to shugendō no sekai: sangaku shinkō no hihō: En no gyōja Shinpen Daibosatsu 1300-nen onki kinen [役行者と修験道の世界: 山岳信仰の秘宝: 役行者神變大菩薩 1300年遠忌記念 = The World of Enno-Gyoja and Shugendoh: Secret Treasures of Mountain Asceticism]. [Japan]: Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1999. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 5, p. 10

Exhibition history

Buddhist Portraiture. Nara National Museum, Nara, Japan (April 29-June 7, 1981).

Year in Review: 1975. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 3-March 7, 1976).

日本の仏教を築いた人びと: その肖像と書 (Those Who Built Japanese Buddhism: Portraits and Calligraphy). Nara National Museum, Nara 630, Japan (organizer) (April 29-June 7, 1981).

Reflections of Reality in Japanese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 16-May 1, 1983).

Saints and Hermits - Peoples in Serenity Deep in the Nature. Nara National Museum, Nara 630, Japan (organizer) (April 27-May 30, 1999).

The World of Enno-Gyoja and Shugendoh: Secret Treasures of Mountain Asceticism. Tobu Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan (September 11-October 17, 1999); Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan (organizer) (November 2-December 5, 1999).

Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - July 2017-January 2018. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 15, 2017-January 2, 2018).

Shinto: Discovering the Divine in Japanese Art 神道－日本美術における神性の発見. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 9-June 30, 2019).

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