Kichijō-ten (Śrī-mahādevi)｜Nara National Museum

Kichijō-ten (Śrī-mahādevi)

Wood with polychromy and cut gold leaf
H: 26.2cm
Kamakura period　14th century

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Nara National Museum (No. 1209 | Sculpture 113) Derived from the ancient Indian deity Laks・mī, Kichijōten takes the form of a voluptuous aristocratic woman. She held a jewel (now lost) in her left hand and sits on a dais modeled after Mt. Sumeru, in accordance with the the Sutra of Collected Mantras (J. Darani jikkyō). A similar Kichijōten with a date of 1340 by the sculptor Kankei (dates unknown) is preserved at Kōfuku-ji Temple in Nara.
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The statue was built in the form of female deity conducting fortune and virtue. It is very similar to the image of Kichijōten in Kōfuku-ji Temple (dated 1340) as its thick and stout body as well as loosely interpreted frame.

Yasuo Inamoto
Masterworks from the Nara Buddhist Sculpture Hall at the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2010, p.140, no.139.

Accession Number	1209-0
Category	Sculptures
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