Jikokuten: Guardian King of the South
Date17th century
Maker
Japanese
Object number34.120.2
Exhibition HistoryPortland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, Gift to a City: Masterworks from the Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection in the Seattle Art Museum, Nov. 3 - 28, 1965. Cat. no. 129.
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Discovering Buddhist Art - Seeking the Sublime, July 9, 2003 - June 3, 2005Published 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. 130b
Gift to a City, exhibition catalogue. Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 1965, cat. no. 129Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
"Gift to a City: Masterworks From the Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection in the Seattle Art Museum," Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 1965, no. 129.
Dimensions22 1/2 x 10 15/16 x 8 7/16 in. (57.2 x 27.8 x 21.5 cm)
MediumWood, lacquer, gilt, brass, and polychromy decoration