CELESTIAL GENERALS

Original Japanese: 四天王立像のうち広目天 AI Translation: Standing Kōmokuten, One of the Four Heavenly Kings

Original Japanese: 四天王立像のうち広目天 AI Translation: Standing Kōmokuten, One of the Four Heavenly Kings

Deity
Virupaksa
Sculpture Type
Bronze Sculpture
Dynasty
Qing Dynasty
Date / Period
Original Japanese: 清時代・18世紀 AI Translation: Qing dynasty, 18th century
Institution
東京国立博物館
Medium / Material
Original Japanese: 銅造 AI Translation: Cast bronze
Accession Number
TC-323
Source
ColBase: Integrated Collections Database of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan, 東京国立博物館, TC-323.

Description

Original Japanese:
四天王立像のうち、多聞天と広目天の2躯が伝えられました。本作は右手に仏塔を持っていた痕跡があるため、チベット仏教で信仰される広目天であることがわかります。左手には龍神であることを示す蛇を持っていたのでしょう。

AI Translation:
Two standing figures from a set of the Four Heavenly Kings—Tamonten and Kōmokuten—have survived. Traces show that this figure once held a Buddhist pagoda in its right hand, identifying it as Kōmokuten as worshiped in Tibetan Buddhism. It probably held a serpent in its left hand, signifying its identity as a dragon deity.