Cleveland Museum of Art

En no Gyōja with Zenki and Kōki (Zenki)

Date

1615–1868

Medium

wood and paint

Culture

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Japanese Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This is one of a trio of figures identified as Enno Gyoja and his two attendants, Zenki and Kōki. The set follows the iconography of Shugendo , the traditional mountain ascetic practice in Japan. Enno Gyoja is depicted as a hermit-monk, seated on a rock attached to a modern base. He holds a staff in his right hand and a sutra in the left. The two attendants take the form of half-human, half-demonic figures and are regarded as a married couple. This Edo period sculpture shares the iconography and religious function with Seated Zenki and Kōki, CMA 2012.40 , from the earlier Muromachi period.

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