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Zaō Gongen

蔵王権現

1100s

Japan, Heian period

(794–1185)
Medium
Gilt bronze with repoussé and incised details
Measurements
Overall: 25.8 x 17.8 cm (10 3/16 x 7 in.)
Credit Line
The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1986.47
Public Domain
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Location
235A Japanese
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Did You Know?

This votive mirror would have been hung in a temple or shrine.

Description

Zaō Gongen is the deity of Mount Kinpu, in the Yoshino Mountains south of Nara. This fragment is from a votive mirror called a kakebotoke with metal fittings at the top through which a cord could be used to hang it.

Zaō Gongen

1100s

Japan, Heian period (794–1185)

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