Document relating to a sculpture of Aizen Myo-o (Ragaraja)

Object Details

• Description

  The sculpture [F1974.21a] which is hollow, contained a document in its cavity at the time of acquisition [F1974.21b]. The document, extensively damaged and now mounted as a miniature scroll, contains illustrations of five deities associated with the stars. After the drawings is an inscription in Sanskrit, followed by an illegible date written in Japanese. The inscriptions are written in red ink, and the illustrations done in ink and slight color.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Calligraphy

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• Date

  1200s

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Kamakura period (1185 - 1333), Art, Japanese Art, Sanskrit

• Culture

  Buddhists, Japanese

• Object Type

  Calligraphy (visual works)