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A sculpted image of the wrathful deity Kongō Yasha Myōō (金剛夜叉明王) dating to the 9th century at the Lecture Hall of Tōji Temple (東寺) in Kyoto

Image from "東寺の明王像" [Images of Myōō at Tōji] published by 東寺宝物館 [Tōji Treasure Museum], 1993, page 27

#japanese art #buddhist art #京都 #kyoto #東寺 #toji #金剛夜叉明王 #kongo yasha myoo #kongoyasha myoo #真言宗 #shingon #crazyfoxarchives #arte japonés #arte budista

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A painted example of the Fuji Mandara (富士曼荼羅), a mandala depicting the sacred landscape of Mount Fuji populated with earnest pilgrims making their way to the peaks above inhabited by three manifesting Buddhist deities

Color on silk dating to the Muromachi period (1336-1573) from the collection of Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha Grand Shrine (富士山本宮浅間大社) in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture

Image from "Shintō: The Sacred Art of Ancient Japan" edited by Victor Harris, published by the British Museum Press. 2001, page 181

#japanese art #buddhist art #曼荼羅 #mandala #静岡県 #shizuoka prefecture #富士宮市 #fujinomiya #富士山 #fujisan #mount fuji #富士山本宮浅間大社 #fujisan hongu sengen taisha #富士曼荼羅 #fuji mandara #crazyfoxarchives #arte japonés #arte budista #monte fuji

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A sculpted image of the wrathful deity Gōsanze Myōō (降三世明王) dating to the 9th century at the Lecture Hall of Tōji Temple (東寺) in Kyoto

Image from "東寺の明王像" [Images of Myōō at Tōji] published by 東寺宝物館 [Tōji Treasure Museum], 1993, page 21

#japanese art #buddhist art #降三世明王 #gosanze myoo #京都 #kyoto #東寺 #toji #真言宗 #shingon #crazyfoxarchives #arte japonés #arte budista

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A painted image of the wrathful deity Gundari Myōō (軍荼利明王) dating to the Kamakura period (1185-1333) at Kōmyōin Temple (光明院) on Mount Kōya (高野山) in Wakayama Prefecture

Image from "高野山の明王像 / The Figures of Myōō (Vidyārājas) at Kōyasan" published by the Kōyasan Reihōkan Museum (高野山霊宝館) on Mount Kōya in 1993, page 25

#japanese art #buddhist art #軍荼利明王 #gundari myoo #和歌山県 #wakayama prefecture #高野山 #mount koya #koyasan #光明院 #komyoin #真言宗 #shingon #crazyfoxarchives #arte japonés #arte budista

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A clay figurine dating to the Middle Jōmon period (2500 BC to 1500 BC) excavated at the Sakaue Site in Nagano Prefecture and currently in the collection of the Idojiri Archaeological Museum (井戸尻考古館) in Fujimi, Nagano Prefecture

Image from "Shintō: The Sacred Art of Ancient Japan" edited by Victor Harris, published by the British Museum Press. 2001, page 80

#japanese art #prehistoric art #clay figurine #長野県 #nagano prefecture #富士見町 #fujimi #crazyfoxarchives #arte japonés #arte prehistórico

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A sculpted image of the cosmic buddha Dainichi Nyorai (大日如来) dating to 1176 by the Buddhist artist Unkei (運慶) at Enjōji Temple (円成寺) in Nara

Image from "運慶と鎌倉彫刻 (日本の美術12)" [Unkei and Kamakura Sculpture (The Arts of Japan 12] by 水野敬三郎 [Mizuno Keisaburō], published by 小学館 [Shōgakukan], 1972, color plate 15

#japanese art #buddhist art #大日如来 #dainichi nyorai #運慶 #unkei #奈良市 #nara #円成寺 #enjoji #真言宗 #shingon #crazyfoxarchives #arte japonés #arte budista

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A sculpted image of the Buddhist guardian deity Jikokuten (持国天) dating to the Heian period (794-1185) at the Lecture Hall of Tōji Temple (東寺) in Kyoto

Image from “東寺の天部像” [Tōji no Tenbuzō], published by 東寺宝物館 [Tōji Treasure Museum], 1993, page 16

#japanese art #buddhist art #京都 #kyoto #東寺 #toji #持国天 #jikokuten #真言宗 #shingon #crazyfoxarchives #arte japonés #arte budista

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A hanging scroll of the Kasuga Miya Mandara (春日宮曼荼羅), a mandala depicting the Buddhist deities manifesting as the local Kasuga deities at Kasuga Taisha Shrine (春日大社) in Nara, the sacred grounds of which are visible below

Color on silk dating to the 14th century from the collection of the Seikadō Bunko Art Museum (静嘉堂文庫美術館) in Tokyo

Image from "Shintō: The Sacred Art of Ancient Japan" edited by Victor Harris, published by the British Museum Press. 2001, page 167

#japanese art #buddhist art #曼荼羅 #mandala #奈良市 #nara #春日大社 #kasuga taisha #春日宮曼荼羅 #kasuga miya mandara #crazyfoxarchives #arte budista #arte japonés

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A sculpted image of Jizō Bodhisattva (地蔵菩薩) dating to the Kamakura period (1185-1333) at Tōji Temple (東寺) in Kyoto, possibly entrusted here from a temple closed down during the turmoil of the early Meiji years during the 1860's and 1870's

Image from "東寺の菩薩像" [Images of Bodhisattvas at Tōji] published by 東寺宝物館 [Tōji Treasure Museum], 1993, page 35

#japanese art #buddhist art #地蔵菩薩 #地蔵 #jizo #京都 #kyoto #東寺 #toji #真言宗 #shingon #crazyfoxarchives #arte budista #arte japonés

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An 1166 manuscript copy of The Karazu (火羅図), an illustrated astrological text with Monju Bodhisattva (文殊菩薩) in the center surrounded by the Nine Planets all below the Seven Stars of Ursa Major

From the collection of Tōji Temple (東寺) in Kyoto

Image from "東寺の曼荼羅図: みほとけの群像" [Illustrated Mandalas at Tōji: Group Images of Buddhist Divinities] published by 東寺宝物館 [Tōji Treasure Museum], 1992, page 76

#japanese art #buddhist art #illuminated manuscript #文殊菩薩 #monju #九曜 #kuyo #北斗七星 #hokuto shichisei #ursa major #京都 #kyoto #東寺 #toji #真言宗 #shingon #astrology #crazyfoxarchives #arte japonés #arte budista #manuscrito iluminado #astrología

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The cosmic buddha Dainichi Nyorai (大日如来) by the artist Kimura Buzan (木村武山), 1935, at Kongōbuji Temple (金剛峯寺) on Mount Kōya (高野山) in Wakayama Prefecture

Image from "Sacred Treasures of Mount Kōya: The Art of Japanese Shingon Buddhism" published by the Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2002, page 70

#japanese art #buddhist art #木村武山 #kimura buzan #大日如来 #dainichi nyorai #dainichi #和歌山県 #wakayama prefecture #高野山 #koyasan #mount koya #金剛峯寺 #kongobuji #真言宗 #shingon #crazyfoxarchives #arte budista #arte japonés

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The sacred Meoto Iwa (夫婦岩) or Husband & Wife Rocks off the coast of Ise, Mie Prefecture

Photo by the Asahi Shimbun

Image from "Shintō: The Sacred Art of Ancient Japan" edited by Victor Harris, published by the British Museum Press. 2001, page 16

#三重県 #mie prefecture #伊勢市 #ise #二見興玉神社 #futami okitama jinja #夫婦岩 #meoto iwa #crazyfoxarchives

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A copy of the Taizōkai Mandara (胎蔵界曼荼羅), the Matrix World Mandala depicting hosts of buddhas, bodhisattvas, wrathful wisdom kings, and assorted other divinities & supernatural beings radiating from the cosmic buddha Dainichi Nyorai (大日如来) in the center, here all represented by their Sanskrit seed syllables in Siddhaṃ script

Hanging scroll dating to 1754 at Tōji Temple (東寺) in Kyoto

Image from "東寺の曼荼羅図: みほとけの群像" [Illustrated Mandalas at Tōji: Group Images of Buddhist Divinities] published by 東寺宝物館 [Tōji Treasure Museum], 1992, page 75

#japanese art #buddhist art #京都 #kyoto #東寺 #toji #曼荼羅 #mandala #胎蔵界曼荼羅 #taizokai mandara #taizokai mandala #種子 #shuji #seed syllable #梵字 #bonji #真言宗 #shingon #crazyfoxarchives #arte japonés #arte budista

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A painted image of the goddess Benzaiten (弁才天) and her fifteen child acolytes dating to the 14th century at Jimyōin Temple (持明院) on Mount Kōya (高野山) in Wakayama Prefecture

Image from "天部の諸尊 / Divine Figures in the Realm of Deva" published by the Kōyasan Reihōkan Museum (高野山霊宝館) on Mount Kōya in 1994, page 28

#japanese art #buddhist art #弁才天 #弁財天 #benzaiten #和歌山県 #wakayama prefecture #高野山 #mount koya #koyasan #持明院 #jimyoin #真言宗 #shingon #crazyfoxarchives #arte japonés #arte budista

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A painted image of the wrathful deity Daiitoku Myōō (大威徳明王) dating to the Muromachi period (1336-1573) at Tōji Temple (東寺) in Kyoto

Image from "東寺の明王像" [Images of Myōō at Tōji] published by 東寺宝物館 [Tōji Treasure Museum], 1993, page 58

#japanese art #buddhist art #京都 #kyoto #東寺 #toji #大威徳明王 #daiitoku myoo #真言宗 #shingon #crazyfoxarchives #arte japonés #arte budista

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The Rishu-e Assembly (理趣会) within the Vajra World Mandala (金剛界曼荼羅), with Kongōsatta Bodhisattva (金剛薩埵) in the center surrounded by the bodhisattvas of desire, love, touch, and pride along with their female consorts

Detail from a hanging scroll by the monk Sōkaku (宗覚) dating to the Edo Period (1600-1868) at Tōji Temple (東寺) in Kyoto

Image from "東寺の曼荼羅図: みほとけの群像" [Illustrated Mandalas at Tōji: Group Images of Buddhist Divinities] published by 東寺宝物館 [Tōji Treasure Museum], 1992, page 58

#japanese art #buddhist art #京都 #kyoto #東寺 #toji #金剛薩埵 #kongosatta #曼荼羅 #mandala #金剛界曼荼羅 #kongokai mandara #宗覚 #sokaku #真言宗 #shingon #crazyfoxarchives #arte japonés #arte budista