Artworks

Sansin, the Mountain God

Artwork · Anonymous · early 20th century · kakemono

The most commonly portrayed deity of Korean folk religion: an old man with a white beard seated beside his messenger, the tiger, among long-life symbols such as deer and cranes; most Buddhist temples have a small pavilion for him. 1 Portal 2000, pp. 145–146, fig. 79. ↩ Literatur Portal 2000: Jane Portal, Korea: Art and Archaeology, London: British Museum Press 2000.