Cleveland Museum of Art
Zaō Gongen
- Date
- 1100s
- Medium
- Gilt bronze with repoussé and incised details
- Culture
- Japan, Heian period (794–1185)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Zaō Gongen is the deity of Mount Kinpu, in the Yoshino Mountains south of Nara. This fragment is from a votive mirror called a kakebotoke with metal fittings at the top through which a cord could be used to hang it. This votive mirror would have been hung in a temple or shrine.
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