Interesting Fudo Myoo statue

[Logan C]

Morning, I acquired this statue from an estate sale last week which I was lucky to snag him, since he has an aura  that really wanted me to possess him. I haven't seen anything like this before, would it have been a temple or shrine, or home altar where this statue could've been? overall length is 34 1/2 inches, Fudo is 25 inch without the platform w/ 27  3/8 inches, and the flames are 34 inches

There is a bit of damage to the flames and repairs (not by me) are present with nails and glue, some chipping of the black paint on the statue and a missing gem on the forehead which is interesting 

[Soshin]

An interesting Fudo-Myō-Ō statue, thank you for sharing photos of it on NMB. I really like all types of Japanese Buddhist Art like this. This standing pose of this wisdom king (personification of the Wisdom of Dainichi Nyorai) is not as common as the more common seated pose. To me it looks Edo Period in terms of age. I really nice find.   

 

On 2/7/2026 at 11:14 AM, Logan C said:

I haven't seen anything like this before, would it have been a temple or shrine, or home altar where this statue could've been?

 

He would have been part of a Buddhist temple alter, or part of a Buddhist home alter. It would not be part or associated with shrine because that would be Shinto and he is not a Shinto god.    

[Logan C]

Glad to share a unique one of a kind (that I can find so far) of Fudō Myō-ō, been trying to find something similar to this one, but most are Heian period which would be nice if some how mines was  except for one that the flames that looked a bit close to mines. I'm actually glad to hear that it's a Edo period piece David, at first I thought it was made somewhere during the Edo period, but I later thought it was made between the Meiji to Taishō.

13 hours ago, Soshin said:

He would have been part of a Buddhist temple alter, or part of a Buddhist home alter. It would not be part or associated with shrine because that would be Shinto and he is not a Shinto god.    

Thank you for the clarification David, somehow I manage to forget one of Japan's other biggest religion thinking they were one of the same for a minute 

Edited 10 hours ago by Logan C