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Komoku-ten, Guardian of the West
With clenched fists and grimacing lips, a grotesque demon glares up through crystal orange eyes in rage at its tormenter, Komoku-ten—one of the four Shitenno, or guardian kings of Buddhism. Balanced majestically and effortlessly atop the demon’s writhing, comically contorted body, Komoku-ten, Guardian of the West, holds in his hands a scroll and writing brush, icons of Buddhist law.
Carved in Japan between 1185 and 1333, during what is known to scholars as the Kamakura period, this exquisite wooden sculpture is one of four on view in the newly renovated Freer Gallery of Art.
They once stood together inside a temple sanctuary in Japan, symbolically protecting the Buddha at the temple’s center in each of the four cardinal directions: Tamon-ten (north), Jikoku-ten (east), Zocho-ten (south) and Komoku-ten (west). Appearing lithe and animated, each guardian has a squirming demon pinned beneath his feet, symbolizing dominance over all forces...
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Debby Pueschel
Delightful. FL