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Niomon Guardian by Watanabe Kokan browse these categories for related items... Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Paintings: Pre 1920: item # 1170420 Please refer to our stock # ALR4137 when inquiring.
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The guardian Niomon flexes his muscles, scaring off evil spirits on this simple yet powerful watercolor by Watanabe Kokan. Light color on paper in a crushed paper border with bone rollers. The scroll is 16 1/2 x 77 inches (42 x 196 cm) and in overall fine condition, enclosed in a period wooden box. Misshaku Kongo, depicted with mouth closed, is the manifestation of the Hindu God Vishnu, and represents death and the end of the Universe. He is usually seen guarding the gates of temples with his companion, Naraen Kongo (Vairocana) who represents birth and the beginning of the universe. Together they are known as the Niomon (the two Kings). Born in Otsu, Watanabe Kokan (1874-1965) was strongly influenced by that cities mingei art style Otsu-e. He studied painting at the Kyoto Municipal School of Art and Crafts, but quit in 1885 to apprentice in the Shijo school style of painting under Morikawa Sobun (1847-1902). He consistently displayed with the Bunten National Exhibition from 1907-1918, when he broke with the secular world of public exhibitions. |
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