This is an oi cabinet carried by Shugendō adherents, known as yamabushi, to transport the objects they use when performing ascetic practices in the mountains. Lacquer covers its wooden surfaces, and bronze fittings coated in gold provide further adornment. Swords with three-pronged vajra handles appear on eggplant-shaped strips of wood, and the door that opens at the upper section has three-story pagodas in an archaic form that can be traced back to around the middle part of the Muromachi period (1392–1573).
Object label
Oi (Portable cabinet for mountaineering priest of Shugen sect)
Wood, lacquered and mounted with gilt bronze
L 63.0, W 30.0, H 81.8
Muromachi period 15th century
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| Accession Number | 1016-0 |
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| Category | Decorative Arts |
| Bibliography | Buddhist art in Shibuya : masterpieces from the Nara national museum collection. The Shoto Museum of Art, 2022, 127p. (Japanese) Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of Nara National Museum: Buddhist Implements. Nara National Museum, 1992, 121p. |