Detail View: Walter B. Denny World Art & Architecture Images:
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ID_Number:
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WBD_09494
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Creator name:
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unknown
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Title:
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Pair of Koma-Inu (Guardian Lion-Dogs)
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Date:
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early 13th century
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Date type:
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creation
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Repository name:
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Brooklyn Museum of Art
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Repository location:
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Brooklyn, New York
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Repository_inventory_ number:
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85.171.1
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Repository_inventory_ number:
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85.171.2
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Style_Period:
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Kamakura (Medieval Japanese, Japanese (culture or style)
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Subject:
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lion (species)
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Subject:
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dogs
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Subject:
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guardian deities
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Subject:
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mythical or legendary beings
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Culture:
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Japanese (culture or style)
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Category:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Work_type:
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woodwork (general works)
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Work_type:
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woodcarvings (visual works)
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Material_Technique:
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hinoki (cypress wood) with traces of pigment
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Measurement:
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53.3 x 28.6 cm
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Copy_Source:
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digital image
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Image_Source:
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Walter Denny
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Note:
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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."
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Rights Reproduction & Access:
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Duplication rights - Walter Denny
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Filename:
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WBD_09494.JPG
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view description:
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full view
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