Kozuka with Gate Guardian

ca. 1850 (late Edo) L: 8 11/16 in. (22.1 cm) Citation Source image

The figure on the kozuka is one of the two guardians ("ni-ô") who guard the main south gate at Buddhist temples in Japan. These fierce looking figures protect temples from evil spirits. This is part of a mounted set.

Artifact

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79654
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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