En no Gyōja with Zenki and Kōki (En no Gyōja)
Unknown Artist
1615–1868
Medium
wood with paint
Dimensions
24 × 18 × 11.3 cm · h. 22 cm
Classification
Sculpture
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Yuko Hosomi and Koichi Yanagi
Accession Number
2012.73.a
About this artwork
This is one of a trio of figures identified as Enno Gyoja and his two attendants, Zenki and Kōki. The set follows the iconography of Shugendo, the traditional mountain ascetic practice in Japan. Enno Gyoja is depicted as a hermit-monk, seated on a rock attached to a modern base. He holds a staff in his right hand and a sutra in the left. The two attendants take the form of half-human, half-demonic figures and are regarded as a married couple.