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En no Gyōja with Zenki and Kōki (Zenki)
1615–1868
(1615–1868)
Overall: 8.5 x 6 x 4 cm (3 3/8 x 2 3/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Gift of Yuko Hosomi and Koichi Yanagi 2012.73.b
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
This Edo period sculpture shares the iconography and religious function with Seated Zenki and Kōki, CMA 2012.40, from the earlier Muromachi period.Description
This is one of a trio of figures identified as Enno Gyoja and his two attendants, Zenki and Kōki. The set 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.- ?-2012Koichi Yanagi Oriental Fine Arts, New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art2012-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
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