Tendai Buddhist Figure Kongodoji

14th-15th century (Kamakura (?), Muromachi (?)) 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm) Citation Source image

Kongodoji Myoo is one of several "Kings of Knowledge," wrathful manifestations, in this case of the Buddha Amitabha, revered in the Tendai (Taimitsu) sect of Buddhism and by the practitioners of Shugendo mountain asceticism. Kongodoji is characterized by matted hair, his left...

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Yamanaka & Co., New York [date and mode of aquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, baltimore, 1920, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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