SculptureJapanese

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Artists

Hidechika (Chounsai)Artist

Classification

Sculpture

Medium

Ivory

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Related Artworks

Sculpture

Decorative Sculpture in the Form of a Segmented Snake

Unknown Artist, Meiji period, 1868-1912

Brown-surfaced iron or steel with applique gold eyes and tongue; with incised inscription beneath the snake's jaw

19th-20th centuryJapanese

Sculpture

Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha (Jizō Bosatsu) Standing

Unknown Artist, 14th century

Cypress wood with lacquer and traces of cut gold-leaf

14th centuryJapanese

Sculpture

Left Hand of a Colossal Amida Buddha

Kaikei, first quarter 13th century

Wood with traces of lacquer, polychromy, and gilding

13th centuryJapanese

Sculpture

One of a Pair of Shinto Lion-Dogs (Koma inu), with Mouth Closed (Un-gyō)

Unknown Artist, 14th-15th century

Kaya (Japanese nutmeg) wood with traces of pigment; multiple-block construction

14th-15th centuryJapanese

Sculpture

Small Image of Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha (Japanese: Jizō Bosatsu)

Unknown Artist, Kamakura period, datable to circa 1292

Wood; red pigment applied to the lower underskirt, earth-green pigment to the hair and back, and black to the eyes; wire halo

13th centuryJapanese

Sculpture

Seated Amida Nyorai (Amitâbha Buddha)

Unknown Artist, Late Edo period, 19th century

Wood, multiple-woodblock construction; with lacquer-applied gold leaf and crystal-inset eyes

19th centuryJapanese

Sculpture

MODEL STUPA MADE FROM HORYU-JI WOOD

Unknown Artist, 20th century

Wood from the remains of the Hōryūji temple

20th centuryJapanese

Sculpture

Mask Representing the Head of an Old Man

Unknown Artist, 9th-10th century

Dry lacquer

9th-10th centuryJapanese

Sculpture

Buddha at Birth (Tanjō Butsu)

Unknown Artist, 7th century

Bronze

7th centuryJapanese

Sculpture

V-shaped Top of Standard

Unknown Artist

Iron

Japanese

Sculpture

Seated Rakan (Arhat) from Ten’on-zan Gohyaku Rakan-ji (Five Hundred Rakan Temple), Tokyo

Shōun Genkei 松雲元慶, 1691-1695

Lacquer and gold on wood

17th centuryJapanese

Sculpture

Wave-Form Stand Supporting Three Crystal Balls

Unknown Artist, 19th century

Bronze and rock crystal; the stone of Chinese or American origin

19th centuryJapanese