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MUROMACHI PERIOD
Details
Four polychrome and gilt wood figures of Tenno
MUROMACHI PERIOD
Each standing in victory over a trampeded demon above a rockwork base, dressed in armour with fierce facial expressions, the arms raised to hold an attribute, one holding the pagoda of Bichamon, the others missing, the base inscribed with an inscription mentioning that these sculptures were given to the temple Yoshinyen in 1693 by the monk Nitchiye, some losses and repair
19 cm. high (4)
MUROMACHI PERIOD
Each standing in victory over a trampeded demon above a rockwork base, dressed in armour with fierce facial expressions, the arms raised to hold an attribute, one holding the pagoda of Bichamon, the others missing, the base inscribed with an inscription mentioning that these sculptures were given to the temple Yoshinyen in 1693 by the monk Nitchiye, some losses and repair
19 cm. high (4)
Provenance
Hayashi Collection, Paris, 1902
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