Zaō Gongen, 蔵王権現立像, Heian period (794–1185), 11th century, Japan, Gilt bronze with incised decoration, H. 13 5/8 in. ( cm

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Zaō Gongen, 蔵王権現立像, Heian period (794–1185), 11th century, Japan, Gilt bronze with incised decoration, H. 13 5/8 in. ( cm); W. 7 1/8 in. ( cm); D. 3 9/16 in. (9 cm), Sculpture, Zaō Gongen is a rare example of a purely Japanese deity in the Buddhist pantheon. Many of the religious practices associated with Zaō took place in remote temples deep in the mountains. Through these rites, mountain ascetics (yamabushi), who were practitioners of Shugendō, attempted to appropriate for themselves the sheer physical power of the deities

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