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En no Gyōja with Zenki and Kōki

En no Gyōja with Zenki and Kōki

1615–1868
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.)
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

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.
  • ?-2012
    Koichi Yanagi Oriental Fine Arts, New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2012-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • “Art of Asia Acquired by North American Museums, 2011-2012.” Archives of Asian Art, vol. 63, no. 2, 2013, pp. 215–276. Reproduced: fig. 12, p. 224 43676727
  • {{cite web|title=En no Gyōja with Zenki and Kōki|url=false|author=|year=1615–1868|access-date=28 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2012.73