Statue
29-96-342
From: Japan | Asakusa Temple
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-96-342 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Japanese | Buddhist |
| Provenience | Japan | Asakusa Temple |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood | Paint | Lacquer |
| Technique | Carved | Painted | Lacquered |
| Iconography | Udaijin |
| Description | Seated Udaijin (右大臣), minister of the right, a governmental position in the Nara and Heian period. Carved, painted, lacquered. Dagger missing. See also 29-96-341, for a seated Sadaijin. |
| Height | 53.5 cm |
| Width | 58 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
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