Bishamonten Ritual Mirror
https://clevelandart.org/art/1977.32
Bishamonten, the Buddhist guardian of the North, appears here with an entourage. Early votive mirrors like this one are called kyōzō, literally “mirrors with images.” One theory is that they appeared along with the development of Shinto-Buddhist combinatory thought, in which s...
Artifact
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Terms
Culture
Japan, Heian period (794–1185)
Technique
silvered bronze with incised design
Genre
Metalwork
Department
Japanese Art
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