Four from a Set of the Twenty-eight Companies of Attendant Deities (J. Nijūhachibushū): Karuraō, Gobujōgoten, Bishamonten, Birubakushaten

Wood with pigments (present state)

Kamakura period　13th century

Four from a Set of the Twenty-eight Companies of Attendant Deities (J. <i>Nijūhachibushū</i>): Karuraō, Gobujōgoten, Bishamonten, Birubakushaten
  • H056841
Four from a Set of the Twenty-eight Companies of Attendant Deities (J. <i>Nijūhachibushū</i>): Karuraō, Gobujōgoten, Bishamonten, Birubakushaten_0
  • H056841
  • 2022/04/01

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These are four of the set of twenty-eight deities who attend the Thousand-armed Avalokiteśvara (J. Senju Kannon). Judging from their dynamic poses, well-balanced proportions, and powerful facial expressions, these works appear to have been produced in the thirteenth century during the Kamakura period (1185–1333). It is extremely rare to find sculptures of this iconographic group that date as early as the thirteenth century.  
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Accession Number 1538-0
Category Sculptures
Bibliography Masterworks from the Nara Buddhist Sculpture Hall at the Nara National Museum, 2022, 194p.

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