Kaguhana head from a Dandatō staff

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Kaguhana head from a Dandatō staff

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Date
early 14th century
Medium
Wood, lacquer, rock crystal
Department
Asian Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
118436

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The fierce head shown here likely would have been part of a pair, male and female, mounted on a staff held by one of the 10 kings of hell. The 10 kings judged deceased souls, deciding which realm of rebirth they should be born into. A contemporaneous wood sculpture from the collection of the Tōdaiji Temple in Nara shows Taizan Fukun, one of the kings of hell, holding a similar double-headed staff, indicating the popularity of this convention during the Kamakura period.

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Credit line
The John R. Van Derlip Fund; purchase from the collection of Elizabeth and Willard Clark

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