Standing Senju Kannon (Sahasrabhuja)

Date1185-1333 (Kamakura Period)

DimensionsOverall: 10 3/8 × 4 3/8 × 4 1/4 in. (26.4 × 11.1 × 10.8 cm)

MediumGilded bronze

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

2024.222

Not on View

Published ReferencesThe Buddha's Smile, Tokyo, Okura Shokukan Museum of Fine Arts, 2000, p. 42, no. 16.Exhibition HistoryTokyo, Okura Shokukan Museum of Fine Arts, The Buddha's Smile, November 2, 2000–November 26, 2000.

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