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En no Gyōja with Zenki and Kōki (Kōki)

En no Gyōja with Zenki and Kōki (Kōki)

1615–1868
(1615–1868)
Overall: 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?

Koki carries a sake bottle.

Description

This is one of a trio of figures identified as Enno Gyoja and his two attendants, Zenki and Koki. 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.
  • ?-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 (Kōki)|url=false|author=|year=1615–1868|access-date=14 May 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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