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Seated Zenki

1400s
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(1392–1573)
wood with pigment
Overall: 30.5 cm (12 in.)
Sundry Art - Japanese/Korean and Lillian Kern Memorial Fund 2012.40.1
Location: not on view
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A popular Japanese comic named Zenki was inspired by the figure seen here wielding a weapon.

Description

The axe-wielding red Zenki, and the vase-holding, bamboo backpack-wearing green Koki are both under the mystical control of the monk, En no Ozunu (legendarily 634–701), also known as En no Gyōja, or “En the Ascetic,” considered to have founded Shugendō, a style of religious practice focused on performing austerities in mountainous settings.

Seated Zenki

1400s

Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)

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