# Reisaltaar

- By: anonymous
- Date: 1800 - 1900
- Medium: wood (plant material), lacquer (coating)
- Classification: portable altar
- Dimensions: height 12.3 cm x width 11.2 cm x depth 3.6 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (Westendorp-Osieck bequest, 1968)
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/AK-MAK-701--782db871552445867b97e5515009ab3f)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/ipprD/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Portable altar with Bishamonten. Japan. 19th century. Wood with polychromy and gold. This portable altar contains a statue of Bishamonten: guardian of the north, one of the four corners of the earth. As protector of the faith and conqueror of evil, he tramples two monsters underfoot. Shown on the inside of the doors are his two assistants: Kichijôten and Zennishi. Westendorp bequest.