TWO JAPANESE BLACK LACQUER PORTABLE SHRINES

TWO JAPANESE BLACK LACQUER PORTABLE SHRINES, ZUSHI

EDO 1603-1868

One with Kannon Bosatsu on a lotus throne, depicted holding a suibyo (water container) in her left hand and with a circular halo behind her, the doors painted with tall pine trees, the other with Fudo Myo-o seated on a rocky outcrop, holding a kurikara (Buddhist sword) in his right hand and a rope in the other, a flame nimbus rising behind him, the doors painted with Kongara Doji and Seitaka Doji, 12cm max. (2)