Fudo Myo'o and two attendants
date: label: Date
content: 14th century
label: Period
content: Kamakura period
notes: label: Label
content: Fudo Myo'o is one of the Buddhist kings of knowledge, and is a symbol of immovable steadfastness in the face of passion, egoism, and temptation. Fudo is usually represented as standing on a stony pedestal with a flaming halo of light behind him. Two young attendants, Kongara doji and Seitaka koji, often accompany images of Fudo. This painting on silk was intended to be hung in a Buddhist temple for ceremonies and worship. Sculptural images of Fudo in polychromed wood were also created as devotional images.
label: Provenance
content: To 1906-1907
label: Provenance
content: Unidentified owner, to 1906-1907 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1906-1907 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from an unidentified owner, during collecting trip to Asia, in 1906-1907 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Reserved Kakemono List, R. 572, pg. 17, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to the Accession List, Collections Management office, C.L. Freer purchased this object during his "Oriental trip, 1906-1907."
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Religious Art of Japan (December 18, 2002 to January 4, 2015)
label: Exhibition History
content: Japanese Art (April 11, 1978 to March 6, 1981)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: Japan
topic: label: Topic
content: Kamakura period (1185 - 1333)
label: Topic
content: Japan
label: Topic
content: kakemono
label: Topic
content: Japanese Art
label: Topic
content: attendant
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1907.639
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Ink, color, and gold on silk
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 110.6 × 56.2 cm (43 9/16 × 22 1/8 in)