Ogre God

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Yamada Kisai

  • 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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Yamada Kisai
Period/Era Meiji period
Century
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woodcarving
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Excavation
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Place
Fukui Tokyo
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SZK002292
Category SculptureWood Carvings
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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)