En no Gyōja
1200s
Maker Unknown
Japanese Art
En no Gyōja, 1200s. Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333). Wood; average: 74.9 cm (29 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1975.65 This Buddhist monk is known as En no Gyōja, or “En the Ascetic” (legendarily 634–701), who is said to have founded Shugendō, a style of religious practice focused on performing challenging, rigorous tests of courage and devotion in mountainous settings. This sculpture was once flanked by the demons Zenki and Koki (CMA, 2012.40).
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- wood
- Medium
- wood
- Dimensions
- Average: 74.9 cm (29 1/2 in.)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1975.65
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1975, 日本の仏教を築いた人びと: その肖像と書 (Those Who Built Japanese Buddhism: Portraits and Calligraphy), Reflections of Reality in Japanese Art, Saints and Hermits - Peoples in Serenity Deep in the Nature, The World of Enno-Gyoja and Shugendoh: Secret Treasures of Mountain Asceticism, Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - July 2017-January 2018, Shinto: Discovering the Divine in Japanese Art 神道－日本美術における神性の発見, <em>Buddhist Portraiture</em>. Nara National Museum, Nara, Japan (April 29-June 7, 1981).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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