Paper with a picture of Doryo standing on a fox surrounded by flames, with inscription and a red stamp. [El.B 21/10/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Paper with a picture of Doryo standing on a fox surrounded by flames, with inscription and a red stamp. [El.B 21/10/2013]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh; PRM source Wellcome Institute; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1985
Date collected: by 1985
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Process Printed, Process Stamped
Dimensions: Width: max 152 mm, Length: max 346 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.53.473
Research and responses: Doryo was a local manifestation of a deity who became a Soto Zen monk. He vowed to protect the monastery after his death and metamorphosed into a Tengu. As such he appeared standing on a white fox surrounded by flames. His sacred site is Daiyuzan temple in Kanagawa Prefecture. A legend also connects him to Saijoji temple which he helped to build. See http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/tengu.shtml#Doryo-Douryou-Daigongen. [El.B 23/10/2013]
The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2013 as: “Soshu Saijozen-ji”, Saijo-ji temple in Sagami province. [FB 12/03/2015]

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