#aizen myoo

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[crazyfox-archives]

A painted image of the wrathful deity of love and attraction Aizen Myōō (愛染明王) dating to the Kamakura period (1185-1333)

Hanging scroll, ink & colors on silk from the collection of the Nezu Museum in Tokyo

Una imagen pintada de la deidad iracunda del amor y la atracción Aizen Myōō (愛染明王) que data del periodo Kamakura (1185-1333)

Rollo colgante, tinta y colores sobre seda de la colección del Museo Nezu en Tokio

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Wisdom King of Passion (Aizen myōō).

Date: 1300's

Place of origin: Japan

Period: Kamakura Period (1185-1333)

Medium: Wood, with black lacquer and red pigments.

[kthlb]

aizen myoo - commissioned aesthetic (2014)

[jamabushi]

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trying some new things

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[crazyfox-archives]

A detail from an early 14th-century copy of the Kumano Mandala (熊野曼茶羅) showing Zao Gongen (蔵王権現) in the upper center, Aizen Myōō (愛染明王) in the lower center, the mountain ascetic En no Gyōja (役行者) in the upper left, and Thousand-Armed Kannon Bodhisattva (千手観音菩薩) in the mid-right, all surrounded by youthful local mountain deities

Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York