高野四所明神像

Unknown (Japanese)


Item type:
manuscript, codex, scroll
Date of creation:
late 14th century
Height:
94.0 cm  (37 in.)
Width:
40.6 cm  (16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
ink, color, and gold on silk
Place of creation:
Nihon [Japan] (日本国)

Additional titles

The four deities of Kōyasan Temple Complex

    Item location

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
    [Museum inv. no.: 1994.309]

Description

Four deities in court dress represent a hierarchy of local Shinto gods (kami) important to Kōyasan, the great mountain-based complex of Shingon Esoteric Buddhism. One of the four, Itsukushima Myōjin, is playing a lute (probably biwa). From the Nanbokuchō period.

Iconclass

12O
Shinto

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Biwa [3325]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

5096