COLLECTION NAME:
Walter B. Denny World Art & Architecture Images
Record
ID_Number:
WBD_09494
Creator name:
unknown
Title:
Pair of Koma-Inu (Guardian Lion-Dogs)
Date:
early 13th century
Date type:
creation
Repository name:
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Repository location:
Brooklyn, New York
Repository_inventory_ number:
85.171.1
Repository_inventory_ number:
85.171.2
Style_Period:
Kamakura (Medieval Japanese, Japanese (culture or style)
Subject:
lion (species)
Subject:
dogs
Subject:
guardian deities
Subject:
mythical or legendary beings
Culture:
Japanese (culture or style)
Category:
Sculpture and Installations
Work_type:
woodwork (general works)
Work_type:
woodcarvings (visual works)
Material_Technique:
hinoki (cypress wood) with traces of pigment
Measurement:
53.3 x 28.6 cm
Copy_Source:
digital image
Image_Source:
Walter Denny
Note:
From the Brooklyn Museum site: "These beasts are known in Japanese as koma-inu, or “Korean lions,” a name that acknowledges their foreign origins. The closest prototypes for the koma-inu are found in China, but the tradition of using lion-like figures as guardians can be traced to ancient India and Iran."
Rights Reproduction & Access:
Duplication rights - Walter Denny
Filename:
WBD_09494.JPG
