JAPANESE AND KOREAN ART 23 march 2022

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ANONYMOUS (16TH CENTURY)
A Shinto Mandala of the Four Deities of Mount Koya
Muromachi period (1333-1573), 16th century
Of ink, colors, and gold on silk; below a bundled up curtain sit the
figures of four kami on daises in front of tripartite screens: above are
Kariba Myojin and Niu Myojin, shown here as courtiers, with Kariba
in Japanese-style court robes and Niu in robes modeled after court
garments of the Tang dynasty; below are Kehi Myojin, portrayed as a
lady holding a whisk, and the youthful Miyajima Myojin, with his hair
drawn up in loops, playing a biwa; below the kami sit a pair of lion
dogs, and below them a pair of black and white foxes, now barely
discernible; now mounted on a panel
34 x 15 3/4in (86.3 x 40.1cm)
705
ANONYMOUS (CIRCA 1752)
Yogo Koya Daimyojin (God of Mount Koya)
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1752
Ink, color, and gold on silk depicting the human manifestation of
the God of Mount Koya, mounted with gilt-brass hardware
With a wood tomobako storage box
39 1/4 x 16 1/16in (99.5 x 40.8cm)
$3,500 - 4,500
$5,000 - 7,000
For a similar example, see Mandala of the Four Deities of Mt. Koya in
the Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Rosemarie and Leighton Longhi
1999.262
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