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Object Number:29-96-306
Current Location: Asia Galleries
Currently On Display
Culture:Japanese
Buddhist
Provenience: Japan
Koyasan Temple
Period: Edo Period (uncertain)
Meiji Period (uncertain)
Date Made: 19th Century
Early Date: 1800
Late Date: 1899
Section:Asian
Materials:Wood
Gesso
Paint
Technique:Painted
Iconography:Seitaka
Inscription Language:Japanese Language
Height: 6.1 cm
Width: 45.5 cm
Depth: 26 cm
Credit Line:Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904

Description

Wooden Seitaka with gesso and polychrome. This red-skinned attendant of Fudo is frequently paired with Kongara. His name is derived from the Sanskit term 'cetaka', which means slave or servant. Both Seitaka and Kongara are believed capable of working miracles. The hand is positioned as if on a staff (now missing). There is a detachable stand at the feet.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Buddhism: History and Diversity of a Great Tradition (12 Dec 1985 - 21 Oct 2012) View Objects in Exhibition
Buddhist Asia (21 Oct 2012 - 01 Apr 2022) View Objects in Exhibition
Asia Gallery (02 Apr 2022) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] Sommerville, Maxwell. 1904. Monograph of the Buddhist Temple in the Free Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania.. Philadelphia. pg. 1-47 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 11, 33View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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