Zao Gongen - Sculpture Bronze - Japan

devotional statuette or votive plaque in bronze of Zao Gongen, one of the most important and fierce deities of the Japanese Shinto-Buddhist syncretism.
The figure is depicted in its classic dynamic and angry pose, with one leg raised and the body in strong motion, while symbolically trampling evil spirits.
They were originally hung in mountain shrines or kept as personal devotional guardians.
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