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Ogre God
- Meiji period, 1889
- carved wood
Sculpture – Wood Carvings
Yamada Kisai studied old buddhist sculptures while he accompanied investigations on old temples and shrines in the Kinki region aiming for protection of cultural properties. This piece is a wooden sculpture of a powerful ogre god, making use of the results of his studies.(「A Cross Section of Meiji Art」2018)
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Title/Name | Ogre God |
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Other Title/ Name |
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Artist/ Creator |
Yamada Kisai |
Period/Era | Meiji period |
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Material/ Technique |
woodcarving |
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Excavation Site |
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Related Place |
Fukui Tokyo |
Provenance | |
Collection No. |
SZK002292 |
Category | Sculpture – Wood Carvings |
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https://shozokan.nich.go.jp/en/collection/object/SZK002292
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Last Updated |
2023/03/14 |
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Ogre God
Ogre God
Yamada Kisai studied old buddhist sculptures while he accompanied investigations on old temples and shrines in the Kinki region aiming for protection of cultural properties. This piece is a wooden sculpture of a powerful ogre god, making use of the results of his studies.(「A Cross Section of Meiji Art」2018)