The Shintô Deity Hachiman in the Guise of a Buddhist Monk
Kôshun
(Japanese, active about 1315–1334)
dated 1328 (Karyaku 3)
Medium/TechniqueJapanese cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa) with polychrome and inlaid crystal; joined woodblock construction
DimensionsOverall: 81.3 x 93.3 x 61 cm (32 x 36 3/4 x 24 in.)
Credit LineMaria Antoinette Evans Fund and Contributions
Accession number36.413
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
Provenance1936, sold by Yamanaka and Co., Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 8, 1936)
dated 1321 (Genko 2)
1189 (Bunji 5)
late 8th – early 9th centuries
15th–16th centuries
14th century
dated 1844 (Tenpô 15)
dated 1844 (Tenpô 15)
latter half of the 13th century
13th–14th centuries
13th–14th centuries
18th–19th centuries