Single-pronged vajra (tokko sho)
Datelate 12th century
Maker
Japanese
Object number56.137
Photo CreditPhoto: Susan A. Cole
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Discovering Buddhist Art - Seeking the Sublime", July 9, 2003 - June 3, 2005
Tacoma Art League, Tacoma, Washington, "Collections of Puget Sound", 1957 (1957)
San Francisco, California, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, "Treasures of Japan", 1960 (1960)
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Japanese Art In The Seattle Art Museum", 1960 (1960)
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "A Thousand Cranes: Treasures Of Japanese Art", February 5 - July 12, 1987 (02/05/1987 - 07/12/1987)Published ReferencesPromey, Sally M. editor, Sensational Religion: Sensory Cultures in Material Practice, 2014, Yale University Press, fig. 4.5, ills. page 76
Fuller, 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. 68Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions1 x 1 in. (2.54 x 2.54 cm)
MediumGilded bronze