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Torso: One of the Four Guardians

Torso: One of the Four Guardians

Date1185-1333
Maker Japanese
Object number35.77
Published ReferencesFuller, Richard E., Japanese Art in the Seattle Art Museum: An Historical Sketch, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1960 ("Presented in commemoration of the Hundredth Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and the United States of America"), no. 49
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions39 3/16 x 14 3/16 in. (99.5 x 36 cm)
MediumWood
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Moonchild Guardians
2007
Object number: 2014.4.29
One of the Nio (A Guardian)
One of the Nio (A Guardian)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1815-1849
Object number: 39.162
Bishamonten (Tamonten): Guardian King of the North
Bishamonten (Tamonten): Guardian King of the North
Japanese
17th century
Object number: 34.120.1
Jikokuten: Guardian King of the South
Jikokuten: Guardian King of the South
Japanese
17th century
Object number: 34.120.2
Zochoten: Guardian King of the East
Zochoten: Guardian King of the East
Japanese
17th century
Object number: 34.120.3
Guardian King of the West (Komokuten)
Guardian King of the West (Komokuten)
Japanese
17th century
Object number: 34.120.4
Bishamonten: Guardian King of the North
Bishamonten: Guardian King of the North
Japanese
1333-1392
Object number: 35.71
Image Not Available for Torso (second version)
Torso (second version)
1986
Object number: 2018.4.3
Image Not Available for Guardian figure
Guardian figure
Chinese
16th century
Object number: 2004.34
Guardian figure
Guardian figure
Melanesian
Object number: 99.116
Photo: Paul Macapia
Reliquary guardian figure (Eyema Bieri)
Object number: 81.17.783
Futon cover - four and one half panels
Futon cover - four and one half panels
Japanese
early 20th century
Object number: 92.47.259