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Attendant of Kannon (Basu-sen)
Attendant of Kannon (Basu-sen)

Attendant of Kannon (Basu-sen)

Date1185-1333
Object number56.131
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Documents International: Reflections in the Mirror: A World of Identity", April 23, 1998 - June 20, 1999Published 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. 51
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions22 3/8 x 7 1/16 x 6 1/8 in. (56.8 x 18 x 15.6 cm)
MediumWood with lacquer
Standing Avalokiteshvara (Kannon)
18th century
Object number: 47.38
Portable Shrine with eleven-headed Kannon
Japanese
18th century
Object number: 33.1826
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Chinese
3rd century BCE
Object number: 49.122
Avalokiteshvara (Sho Kannon)
Japanese
12th century
Object number: 58.30
Avalokiteshvara (Kannon Bosatsu)
Japanese
10th-11th century
Object number: 68.130
Votive plaque (kakebotoke): Thousand-Armed, Eleven-Headed Kannon
Japanese
late 13th century-early 14th century
Object number: 50.123
Bishamonten (Tamonten): Guardian King of the North
Japanese
17th century
Object number: 34.120.1
Jikokuten: Guardian King of the South
Japanese
17th century
Object number: 34.120.2
Zochoten: Guardian King of the East
Japanese
17th century
Object number: 34.120.3
Guardian King of the West (Komokuten)
Japanese
17th century
Object number: 34.120.4