Statue
29-96-337
Location: On Display in the Asia Galleries
From: Japan | Wakayama Prefecture | Koyasan Temple
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-96-337 |
| Current Location | Asia Galleries - On Display |
| Culture | Japanese | Buddhist |
| Provenience | Japan | Wakayama Prefecture | Koyasan Temple |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Technique | Carved | Painted | Lacquered | Gilded |
| Iconography | Kongara |
| Inscription Language | Japanese Language |
| Description | Standing Kongara with hands together in gesso and polychrome on a wooden base. This white-skinned attendant of Fudo is frequently found with Seitaka. His name in Sanskrit, Kinkara, means slave or servant. The figure is carved, painted, lacquered and gilded. |
| Height | 91 cm |
| Width | 43 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
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