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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1928.184.B
Title
Indra (Taishakuten) Deva of the East with Attendant, One of a Pair of Shrine Doors Depicting Brahmâ (Bonten) and Indra, Two of the Twelve Deva Kings (Jūniten) with Attendants
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Taishakuten (Indra)
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
Muromachi period, 15th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Muromachi period, 1392-1568
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/208630

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Wood with polychromy and gold pigment over black lacquer
Dimensions
sight, one door: H. 131.5 x W. 53.5 cm (51 3/4 x 21 1/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Charles Bain Hoyt
Accession Year
1928
Object Number
1928.184.B
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Eugene Wang, Shaping the Lotus Sutra: Buddhist Visual Culture in Medieval China, University of Washington Press (Seattle, 2005), n.p., Plate 13

Exhibition History

  • Later Chinese and Japanese Figure Painting in Decorative Arts, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/22/1992 - 06/07/1992
  • Masterworks of East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/03/1995 - 06/09/1996

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