Images of Five Buddhist Deities
- Title
- ゴダイミョウオウゾウ
- Materials, techniques and shape
- 絹本着色
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Keio Museum Commons Campus Mita
The Fudo Myo-oh (Sk. Acalanatha Vidyaraja) is surrounded by the images of the Gozanze (bottom right), Gundari (bottom left), Kongo-Yasha (top right) and Daiitoku (top left), depicting all of the Five Illustrious Buddhist Deities in fierce forms in a single painting (finished to a hanging scroll format). The five deities were originally independent beings. During the time of Priest Bukong (Jp. Fukuu, Sk. Amonghavajra, 705-774) of China’s Tang Dynasty, they were grouped together, each myo-oh guarding a different direction, with expressions of fury. Henceforth, the group of five came to be worshipped together. Reverence of these fierce deities climaxed during the Heian Period among the noble class. Devout followers worshipped the Five Illustrious Deities when Shingon Sect priests performed Godan-no-Ho ceremonies at the palace and court nobles prayed for the end to calamities, increase in good fortune and exorcism of evil spirits. Normally, large paintings such as the exhibit were painted on three pieces of silk fabric pasted together. The exhibit, however, is drawn on one huge silk cloth and is a rare work of art in this sense. Each Myo-oh (illustrious deity) shows vigor and dynamism. The kirikane technique, pasting thin strips of gold and silver foils, is used to decorate the sword and other paraphernalia carried by the Fudo Myo-oh in the center. The exuberant colors and the golden sheen of the kirikane decoration enrich the painting with added grandeur.
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- Title (EN)
- Images of Five Buddhist Deities
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Quantity 1幅
- Attachments
- 太巻／二重箱
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