A WOOD FIGURE OF JIKOKU TEN

Description:

Japan, Edo period
H. 62 cm
Standing in a martial posture with legs spread, his right foot trampling on a demon and the left firmly placed on a rock, his raised right hand brandishing the sword while the left is placed in front of his abdomen, wearing armour, wide-sleeved tunic, belt tied around the waist, his face displaying a fierce expression with slit eyes below raised eyebrows, open mouth, his hair combed in a chignon and secured with a tiara, traces of pigments.
South German private collection, collected before 2007 - Partly rest., traces of age