Kakebotoke (Hanging round tablet) with image of seven Shintō deities

Bronze
D 20.3
Muromachi period　16th century

Kakebotoke (Hanging round tablet) with image of seven Shintō deities
  • A023116
Kakebotoke (Hanging round tablet) with image of seven Shintō deities_0
  • A023116
  • 1992/01/29
Kakebotoke (Hanging round tablet) with image of seven Shintō deities_1
  • A023120
  • 1992/01/29
Kakebotoke (Hanging round tablet) with image of seven Shintō deities_2
  • A023118
  • 1991/07/11
Kakebotoke (Hanging round tablet) with image of seven Shintō deities_3
  • A023121
  • 1991/07/11

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This circular bronze plate is surrounded by an ornamental border, to which the embossed images of the original Buddhist forms of the seven deities of Sannō Shrine have been riveted. The name of each of the seven deities is engraved beside each figure: Hayao, Daigyōji, Ōjigū, Ushimiko, Shingyōji, Shimohachi Ōji, and Seinyo Ōji. 
Object label 

Accession Number 744-5
Category Decorative Arts
Bibliography Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of Nara National Museum: Buddhist Implements. Nara National Museum, 1992, 121p. (Japanese)

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