Shrine
Object Number:
29-156-3
Current Location:
Japan Gallery
Culture:
Buddhist
Japanese
Provenience:
Japan
Period:
Edo Period (uncertain)
Meiji Period (uncertain)
Date Made:
18th century-19th century
Early Date:
1916
Late Date:
1916
Section:
Asian
Materials:
Lacquer
Wood
Brass
Gold Leaf
Technique:
Chased
Gilded
Iconography:
God of Fury
Animal
Sea
Bow
Description:
Black lacquer shrine. With chased brass trimmings and gold leaf ornate gold interior with Demon God of Fury standing on a horned animal which is galloping through the sea, holding a drawn bow.
Height:
27.9cm
Width:
18.4cm
Credit Line:
Gift of John Thompson Morris
Other Number:
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Buddhism: History and Diversity of a Great Tradition (12 Dec 1985 - 21 Oct 2012)
Loan Exhibition - Objects Used in Religious Ceremonies, and Charms and Implements For Divination (16 Apr 1892)
Bibliography:
[Catalogue] Lyons, Elizabeth and Heather Peters, Chang Ch'eng-mei, Gregory Possehl. 1985. Buddhism: History and Diversity of a Great Tradition. : Page/Fig./Plate: 9,16
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