Transom
29-96-382
From: Japan | Nara | Buddhist Temple
Curatorial Section: Asian
Native Name | Ranma 欄間 |
Object Number | 29-96-382 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Japanese | Buddhist |
Provenience | Japan | Nara | Buddhist Temple |
Date Made | Meiji-19th Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Wood |
Iconography | Tennin | Karyobinga | Drum |
Description | Wooden ranma. Represents a winged tennin in clouds called a karyobinga (迦陵頻伽). She is represented with a Ko (drum) on her side and sticks in her hands. |
Length | 150 cm |
Width | 81.5 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
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