Shrine
| Object Number: | 29-156-3 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Buddhist Japanese |
| Provenience: | Japan |
| Period: | Edo Period (uncertain) Meiji Period (uncertain) |
| Date Made: | 18th Century - 19th Century |
| Early Date: | 1700 |
| Late Date: | 1899 |
| Section: | Asian |
| Materials: | Lacquer Wood Brass Gold Leaf |
| Technique: | Chased Gilded |
| Iconography: | God of Fury Animal Sea Bow |
| Height: | 27.9 cm |
| Width: | 18.4 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Miss Lydia T. Morris, 1916 |
| Other Number: | LE492 - Other Number |
Description
Black lacquer portable shrine with chased brass trimmings and gold leaf ornate gold interior. This shrine contains a wooden figure of Daiitoku Myo-o (Sanskrit: Yamantaka), one of the five Myo-o, Wisdom Kings. He is the destroyer of death and has power to fight pain and poison. This ferocious form is six-headed, six-armed, six-legged and stands on a water buffalo. He is holding a drawn bow, a weapon used against evil. In addition, he holds a baton, vajra, trident and wheel, symbols of Buddhist power and authority.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Buddhist Asia (21 Oct 2012 - 01 Apr 2022) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Loan Exhibition - Objects Used in Religious Ceremonies, and Charms and Implements For Divination (16 Apr 1892) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Buddhism: History and Diversity of a Great Tradition (12 Dec 1985 - 21 Oct 2012) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue] Possehl, Gregory L., and Ch'eng-mei, Chang, and Peters, Heather A., and Lyons, Elizabeth. 1985. Buddhism: History and Diversity of a Great Tradition.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 9,16 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Culin, Robert S. 1892. Loan Exhibition: Objects Used in Religious Ceremonies and Charms and Implements for Divination.. University of Pennsylvania, Department of Archaeology and Paleontology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pg.127, no. 492 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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