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'TOSHINAGA' & Kao
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'TOSHINAGA' & Kao
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| Provenance: Elliott Long | $5200.00 |
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"Presented here is a magnificent fuchi/kashira with a genuine signature of TOSHINAGA (H 10478). He was a student of Nara Toshinaga (H 10469). The subject of this set is Shoki the demon queller and a demon. The artistic quality of this work confirms the legitimacy of the signature." (Long) "SHOKI 鍾馗 - THE DEMON QUELLER Shoki 鍾馗 is a deity from China’s Taoist pantheon who was depicted often in Edo-period (1615-1868) Japanese sculptures and paintings, but one who is today largely neglected. Legends about Shoki reportedly first appear in Tang-era (618-907) Chinese documents. The deity reached Japan by at least the late Heian Period (794 to 1185), for the oldest extant image of Shoki in Japan is a scroll at the Nara National Museum dated to the reign of Emperor Goshirakawa 後白河天皇 (1127-1192). Numerous legends surround Shoki in Japan and the West." |
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Dr. Torigoye Hakogake, Edo period, 1st Class |
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A Collaboration of Robert E. Haynes and Elliott D. Long |
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