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Mortuary tablet with painting of Emma-O and hell, Japan
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Pre 1900 item# 955755 (stock# 10595)
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Wooden ihai or mortuary tablet, the top crowned with clouds. This type of object usually holds the posthumous Buddhist name of a deceased and is placed in a butsudan. The ihai can also be used to pay homage to, for instance, a certain sutra. In this case a homage to one of the Kings of Hell. The ihai is decorated with the triple begonia-mon of the Tokogawa family. Lacquer on wood.
The painting, in black ink and color on paper behind glass, shows Emma-O, the judge of hell of the 35th day, surrounded by his attributes, Datsueba and other assistants and the soul of a deceased that he is about to judge. Some of the punishments for sins are being depicted in the background. Japan, 19th century.
Height: 29.8 inches (75.8 cm).
Very good condition, few abrasions.
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Zushi with figure of a horse, Japan, Meiji period, 19th
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Pre 1900 item# 940618 (stock# 10593)
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Highly unusual shrine with the image of a horse looking back. The horse has a ‘brocade’ cover over his back and is standing behind a mesh wire fence, the way they would be kept in temple compounds. Polychoromed wood with some gold details. The roof of the shrine is a separate piece. Japan, Meiji period, 19th century.
Height of zushi ca. 7.8 inches (19.5 cm).
Frontal baldachin dislodged but still extant, one door lost its hinge-functions (triangular splinter on right door on last photo), some chipping of the paint on brocade cover of horse. Otherwise very good condition.
This piece needs to be seen as a form of ema, which were offered to temples and shrines as a calling to the deity. The horse is seen to be used by various deities.
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Gorinto, reliquary, rock crystal, Japan, Edo Period
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Pre 1900 item# 940167 (stock# 10592)
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Small reliquary, in the shape of a five-element stupa, gorinto, made of rock crystal. The stupa is built according to the Five Elements (earth, water, fire, air and ether). The base is octagonal in shape (which may be square, as well), as is the bottom part of the cover (which may be triangular, as well). The reliquary is made of two pieces of crystal: earth and water (the water segment can hold the relic); fire, air and ether. Japan, prob. 18/19th century.
Height 6 7/8 inches (17.5 cm)
Some tiny chips at edge of ‘stopper’, otherwise excellent condition.
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Zushi with figure of Amida Buddha, Japan, 18th century
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Pre 1800 item# 940163 (stock# 10591)
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Very elaborate double-hinged door shrine with the wooden figure of a sitting Amida Buddha, both hands in mudra before him. Behind his head and back a double mandorla. Amida is sitting on a lotus pedestal on top of a multi-tiered base in flower-shaped profile. His garment decorated in fine gold hand painted flower and geometric patterns. All details of the base accentuated in hand painted gold.
The outside of the zushi in red lacquer with a tiny carving of a phoenix on the top front, richly engraved hardware. The inside of the zushi doors decorated with lotus flowers in gold and mineral colors on gold. The baldachin decorated in mineral colors and gold with Buddhist symbols.
Extremely fine carving of Buddha, mandorla and base.
Japan, Edo period 18/19th century.
Height of zushi ca. 3.9 inches (9.7 cm).
Painting on the inside doors rubbed, fraction of tip of mandorla missing, carving in excellent condition.
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Zushi with figure of Amida Buddha, Japan, 18th century
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Pre 1837 VR item# 939228 (stock# 10590)
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Very small shrine with the wooden figure of a standing Amida Buddha, both hands in mudra. Behind his head a round mandorla. Amida is standing on a lotus pedestal surrounded by whirling clouds. His garment decorated in fine gold hand painted flower and geometric patterns. The inside of the zushi decorated with geometric design in gold on gold. The inside of the roof decorated with a lotus pod in gold on gold.
Extremely fine carving of Buddha. The clouds are deeply cut, gilded and touched with some color, as is the amndorla. The shrine can be hung from a small eyelet on its roof. Japan, Edo period 18/19th century.
Height of zushi ca. 3.9 inches (9.7 cm).
Gilding on doors minimally rubbed. Excellent condition.
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Wooden fumi-e, crucifix, Japan, Edo period
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Pre 1900 item# 935926 (stock# 10587)
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Wooden step-on image of Christ on the cross on a hillside. To his right another cross. The scene carved in relief, the background in low relief. On the back, carved in low relief, a crane or stork in the hills. Rather dense but light weighted wood that resembles tagayasan wood (so-called iron wood). Japan, Edo period.
10.1 x 6.75 x 0.75 inches (25.3 x 16.9 x 2 cm).
Surface strongly rubbed, cracks, dents, burned spots in lower edge.
Step-on pictures, or fumi-e, or ebumi, were images of the Virgin Mary or of Jesus that Japanese authorities used to make people step upon to test their faith in Christianity. Once a year a whole village or region under the rule of a certain daimyo had to come to a certain place where they were forced to step on the picture. This practice was executed during the Tokugawa regime, in an effort to ban Christianity from the country. By 1629 this practice was generally spread throughout Japan and it was only abandoned completely at the beginning of the Meiji period. All kinds of media were used to make images: wood, stone, prints and bronze. Not many fumi-e survived.
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