
Kudan
Exhibition piece · Not for saleHuman-faced ox calf of Mount Kurahashi whose singular prophecy in legend was kept as a shield against misfortune.
A mysterious creature said to have appeared on Mount Kurahashi in what is now Miyazu City, Kyoto Prefecture. It had the face of a human and the body of an ox. According to legend, making an image of the creature and displaying it in one's home would ward off disease and bring abundant harvests.
Kyoto
Protection from Disease and Abundant Harvests


