Zaō Gongen
1100–1185
- Medium
- Gilt bronze with repoussé and incised details
- Dimensions
- Overall: 25.8 x 17.8 cm (10 3/16 x 7 in.)
- Genre
- Metalwork
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Japan, Heian period (794–1185)
About
Zaō Gongen is the deity of Mount Kinpu, in the Yoshino Mountains south of Nara. This fragment is from a votive mirror called a kakebotoke with metal fittings at the top through which a cord could be used to hang it.