Seitaka Dôji
13th century
- Medium
- Wood with traces of polychromy
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Dimensions
- H.: 63.8 cm (25 in.)
- Culture
- Japan
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Asia
- Credit line
- Purchased with funds provided by the Auxiliary Board of The Art Institute of Chicago
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
Seitaka Doji is one of the two boy attendants of Fudo Myo-o (the Immovable or Unshakable One). Sculptural triads of these figures exist from the late Heian period (794–1185). In these triads, Seitaka Doji has a troll-like appearance, which contrasts with the placid features of his fellow attendant, Kongara Doji.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
