A wood figure of a Shinto Deity
A wood figure of a Shinto Deity

Kamakura period (14th century)

Details
A wood figure of a Shinto Deity
Kamakura period (14th century)
The seated male figure and base carved in single-block technique (ichiboku-zukuri) and with traces of black pigment
20¼in. (51.4cm.) high
Provenance
The collection of Hashimoto Kansetsu (1883-1945), Nihonga painter
Acquired from Mathias Komor, New York, 29 June 1959
Literature
Hashimoto Kansetsu, ed., Sonkoro seihinroku (The catalogue of the Sankoro [Hashimoto Kansetsu] Collection) (Kyoto: Privately published, 1919).

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