Object

Mirror with Deity and Mount Penglai

Keio Object Hub
Date
制作年 AD15
Title
アイゼンミョウオウホウライキョウ
Materials, techniques and shape
紙本墨画
Collections
Depository
Keio Museum Commons Campus Mita
Ref. number
AW-CEN-001302-0000
License
CC BY Images license
Creditline

慶應義塾(センチュリー赤尾コレクション)

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Toward the top of this mirror is a depiction of Aizen Myo-o (Sanskrit: Ragaraja), a popular motif during the Muromachi Period. The three-eyed, six-armed Aizen Myo-o wears a lion-crown and is painted red with a prominent expression of anger on its face. It was originally a Hindi deity but was later incorporated into Esoteric Shingon-sect Buddhism in Japan, to be worshipped as deity of love and eros. Aizen Myo-o was worshipped especially by women who believed in the mirror’s charm to fulfill their amorous love.

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Ref. number
AW-CEN-001302-0000
License
CC BY
Creditline

慶應義塾(センチュリー赤尾コレクション)

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license

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Depository
Keio Museum Commons
Campus Mita
URL
Classification
Art

Components

OPEN DATADESIGN

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Title (EN)
Mirror with Deity and Mount Penglai

Identifiers

Title (EN)
Mirror with Deity and Mount Penglai