Statue

29-96-342

From: Japan | Asakusa Temple

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 29-96-342
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Japanese | Buddhist
Provenience Japan | Asakusa Temple
Section Asian
Materials Wood | Paint | Lacquer
Technique Carved | Painted | Lacquered
Iconography Udaijin
Description

Seated Udaijin (右大臣), minister of the right, a governmental position in the Nara and Heian period. Carved, painted, lacquered. Dagger missing. See also 29-96-341, for a seated Sadaijin.

Height 53.5 cm
Width 58 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number Conservation Laboratory # 1917 - Other Number

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