KAMIMURA GALLERY
Kamimura Gallery
#769
Fudo Myoo with two boy attendants, Seitaka-Doji and Kongara-Doji.
Polychromed wood, inlaid crystal eyes.
Edo period.(1615-1868)
Fudo Myoo, a fearsome King of wisdom, deity of fire, with a sword to subdue evil, in his right hand, and a rope to arrest an evel-door in his left, is one of the representative deities of Esoteric Buddhism. Fudo's two youthful attendants are the cowardly and obedient Kongara Doji on the right and the wicked and disobedient Seitaka Doji on the left, both of whom, in turn, are sometimes believed to be manifestations of Fudo.
Height center: Fudo Myoo, 43 cm, with the stand and flames, 93 cm.
Condition: Some old wear, a few chips at the tops of flames.
Price: U.S.$15,000.
Polychromed wood, inlaid crystal eyes.
Edo period.(1615-1868)
Fudo Myoo, a fearsome King of wisdom, deity of fire, with a sword to subdue evil, in his right hand, and a rope to arrest an evel-door in his left, is one of the representative deities of Esoteric Buddhism. Fudo's two youthful attendants are the cowardly and obedient Kongara Doji on the right and the wicked and disobedient Seitaka Doji on the left, both of whom, in turn, are sometimes believed to be manifestations of Fudo.
Height center: Fudo Myoo, 43 cm, with the stand and flames, 93 cm.
Condition: Some old wear, a few chips at the tops of flames.
Price: U.S.$15,000.
close up of Fudo Myoo
close up of Kongara-Doji and Seitaka-Doji