Fudô myôô, the Immovable One

Fudô myôô ryûzô
不動明王立像　一躯

Japanese

late Heian period

12th century

Medium/Technique Japanese cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa) with polychrome and gold; joined woodblock construction

Dimensions Height of figure: 98.8 cm (38 7/8 in.)
Weight: Figure - 13.8 lbs, Mandorla - 2.2 lbs, Base 16.4 lbs

Credit Line Chinese and Japanese Special Fund

Accession Number05.220.1-3

CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsSculpture

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. II (Buddhist & Shinto sculp.), no. 25

Provenance1655, given by a group from Kyoto to the Daitoku-in on Mount Koya; 1905, purchased for the MFA by Okakura Kakuzô in Japan.