PORTABLE ALTAR, SHINTÔ

Japanese portable altar containing in its interior a syntho image. This one appears seated on a stepped throne and dressed in the imperial manner. Inside the doors of the altar there are inscriptions that allude to the time and the intention of the altar: “made on a graced day in October of the year 43 of the Meiji era (1910), as an offering for the temple Hom Myo-ji”. I.C.F. / Extracted from: Isabel CERVERA FERNÁNDEZ: Fundación Rodríguez-Acosta. Asian Art Collection. Granada, 2002.