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A large bronze figure of Daitengu holding a large shell
Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)
Cast and mounted on a rectangular base with rounded sides, the figure, bent down on one knee, wearing traditional Yamabushi clothing, holding a large shell above his head.
Height 57.5 cm.
Property of a Gentleman.
Catalogue note:
Tengu are a type of legendary creature found in Japanese folk religion and are also considered a type of Shinto god or yōkai (supernatural beings). Although they take their name from a dog-like Chinese demon (Tiangou), the tengu were originally thought to take the forms of birds of prey, and they are traditionally depicted with both human and avian characteristics. The earliest tengu were pictured with beaks, but this feature has often been humanized as an unnaturally long nose, which today is widely considered the tengu's defining characteristic in the popular imagination.
Yamabushi are Japanese mountain ascetic hermits. According to a traditional Japanese mysticism, Yamabushi are believed to be endowed with supernatural powers. They follow the Shugendō doctrine, an integration of mainly esoteric Buddhism of the Shingon sect, with Tendai Buddhist, Taoism, and elements of Shinto. For the most part solitary, they did form loose confederations, and associations with certain temples, and also participated in battles and skirmishes alongside samurai and sōhei warrior monks on certain occasions.