Carved wooden seated monk figure with closed eyes and layered robes, pale wood with traces of pigment, against a dark background.

Sōgyō Hachiman, Seated Wooden Monk Figure

A carved wooden seated figure of a shaven-headed monk with closed eyes, draped in layered robes with hands arranged at the waist. The light wood retains traces of pigment, with small wormholes pitting the legs and base against a dark backdrop.

Artist: Unknown
Date: 10th century
Medium: Wood with traces of white pigment
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1686 px

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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation

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