Prince Shōtoku at Age Sixteen 14th century In the Style of Toba Sōjō Japanese Imaginary portraits and legends about the life of Prince Shōtoku (574-622), the foremost proponent of Buddhism in Japan, emerged soon after his death. Based on the princes mid-Heian-period biography, this painting portrays him in a form in which he was often revered as a deified historical figure: at the age of sixteen, he prayed for his father, Emperor Yōmei (518-587), to recover from illness. The pose, which belongs to a category of portraiture known as kōyō-zō (images of filial piety), appears in both paintings and sculptures of young Shōtoku, which make up nearly half his extant portraits. Dressed in a monks robe, he holds a censer; his hair is arranged in the two loops of a youth and frames boyish, idealized features.. Prince Shōtoku at Age Sixteen 45630

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Prince Shōtoku at Age Sixteen 14th century In the Style of Toba Sōjō Japanese Imaginary portraits and legends about the life of Prince Shōtoku (574-622), the foremost proponent of Buddhism in Japan, emerged soon after his death. Based on the princes mid-Heian-period biography, this painting portrays him in a form in which he was often revered as a deified historical figure: at the age of sixteen, he prayed for his father, Emperor Yōmei (518-587), to recover from illness. The pose, which belongs to a category of portraiture known as kōyō-zō (images of filial piety), appears in both paintings and sculptures of young Shōtoku, which make up nearly half his extant portraits. Dressed in a monks robe, he holds a censer; his hair is arranged in the two loops of a youth and frames boyish, idealized features.. Prince Shōtoku at Age Sixteen 45630

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