Cleveland Museum of Art
En no Gyōja
- Date
- 1200s
- Medium
- wood
- Culture
- Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 148350
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
This Buddhist monk is known as En no Gyōja, or “En the Ascetic” (legendarily 634–701), who is said to have founded Shugendō, a style of religious practice focused on performing challenging, rigorous tests of courage and devotion in mountainous settings. This sculpture was once flanked by the demons Zenki and Koki ( CMA 2012.40 ).
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- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Provenance
- ?-1975: (R. Hosomi, Osaka, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1975-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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