id:			170222
accession number:	2012.40
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.40
updated:		2023-09-15 11:23:07.900000

Seated Zenki and Koki, 1400s. Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573). Wood with pigment; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Sundry Art - Japanese/Korean and Lillian Kern Memorial Fund 2012.40

title:				Seated Zenki and Koki
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creation date:			1400s
creation date earliest:		1400
creation date latest:		1499
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creditline:			Sundry Art - Japanese/Korean and Lillian Kern Memorial Fund
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culture:	Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
technique:	wood with pigment
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Sculpture
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - July 2017-January 2018
	opening date:   2017-07-15T04:00:00
	<i>Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - July 2017-January 2018</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 15, 2017-January 2, 2018).

	title:		Shinto: Discovering the Divine in Japanese Art 神道－日本美術における神性の発見
	opening date:   2019-04-09T04:00:00
	<i>Shinto: Discovering the Divine in Japanese Art 神道－日本美術における神性の発見</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 9-June 30, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	The collection of Myoshin-ji Temple, Wakayama prefecture, Japan
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	The Hosomi family, Kyoto, Japan
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	(Koichi Yanagi Oriental Fine Arts, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-2012
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2012-
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fun fact:
A popular Japanese comic named Zenki was inspired by the figure seen here wielding a weapon.

digital description:
The axe-wielding red Zenki, and the vase-porting, bamboo backpack-wearing green Koki are both under the mystical control of the monk, En no Ozunu (legendarily 634–701), also known as En no Gyōja, or “En the Ascetic,” and considered to have founded Shugendō, a style of religious practice focused on performing austerities in mountainous settings.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	“Art of Asia Acquired by North American Museums, 2011-2012.” <em>Archives of Asian Art</em>, vol. 63, no. 2, 2013, pp. 215–276.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 223, fig. 11
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/43676727

	Vilbar, Sinéad, and Kevin Gray Carr. <em>Shinto: Discovery of the Divine in Japanese Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2019.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 182-183, no. 73
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