Koya myojin

Unknown (Japanese)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
16th century
Height:
97.5 cm  (38 3/8 in.)
Width:
39.3 cm  (15 1/2 in.)
Technique / Medium:
ink and color on silk
Place of creation:
Nihon [Japan] (日本国)

Additional titles

Mandala of the four deities of Mt. Koya

    Item location

  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    Japanese art[Museum inv. no.: 1999.262]

Description

The male figure dressed in aristocratic garb at the upper left of this composition is the hunter, here deified as a spirit of Japan's pre-Buddhist, Shinto faith. He is joined by his wife and below by two female Shinto deities from other Shinto shrines in Japan, one of whom is playing a biwa.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Biwa [3325]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5154