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En no Gyōja with Zenki and Kōki
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About this work
This trio of figures, identified as Enno Gyoja and his two attendants, Zenki and Kōki, follows the iconography of Shugendo , the traditional mountain ascetic practice in Japan. Enno Gyoja is depicted as a hermit-monk, seated on a rock attached to a modern base. He holds a staff in his right hand and a sutra in the left. The two attendants take the form of half-human, half-demonic figures and are regarded as a married couple. Kōki carries a sake bottle.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineEn no Gyōja with Zenki and Kōki (役行者及び前期と後期像), 1615–1868. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Wood with paint; part 1: 24 x 18 x 11.3 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/16 x 4 7/16 in.); part 2: 8.5 x 6 x 4 cm (3 3/8 x 2 3/8 x 1 9/16 in.); part 3: 8.5 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm (3 3/8 x 2 3/16 x 1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Yuko Hosomi and Koichi Yanagi, 2012.73
