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Kongara-Doji Signed: unsigned Sealed: no seal Date: early 18th century Size: 148 x 43 cms (mounting) 78.2 x 30.2 cms (painting) 58 x 17 inch (mounting) 31 x 12 inch (painting) Technique: colours on silk (many details in gold paint) Condition: Very good: elaborate and expensive Buddhist-style (Shinsei-hyôgu) mounting, consisting entirely of gold and silver brocade. Bronze rollers, adorned with the lotus motive, wooden box. Price: SOLD Euro Literature: The two boy acolytes of Fudô Myô-ô are Kongara-Dôji, who is red and holds a club, and Seitaka-Dôji, who is a white, effeminate figure holding a lotus. Detail: See detail Mounting: See mounting