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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
Young lion dancers and musicians performing at the direction of a tengu-masked conductor during the Kagitori rite (賀儀取), a major event on the fifth and final day of new year’s rites called the Buri Matsuri Festival (鰤祭) in Kuki (九鬼町), Owase, Mie Prefecture
(Photo taken January 5, 1995)
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
"Portrait of Empress Kōmyō" (光明皇后像) by Kobori Tomoto (小堀鞆音), 1920's, illustrating the scene in which the Empress (701-760) administers a medicinal bath to a leper (actually a divine bodhisattva in disguise) according to her vow at the temple bathhouse she established.
"Retrato de la emperatriz Kōmyō" (光明皇后像) de Kobori Tomoto (小堀鞆音), años 20, que ilustra la escena en la que la emperatriz (701-760) administra un baño medicinal a un leproso (en realidad un bodhisattva divino disfrazado) según su voto en la casa de baños del templo que ella estableció
Hanging scroll, ink and colors on silk from the collection of Hokkeji Temple (法華寺) in Nara
Image from "Amamonzeki: A Hidden Heritage: Treasures of the Japanese Imperial Convents" published by the Sankei Shimbun, 2009, page 52
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
Backstage at the annual Anori Ningyō Shibai (安乗人形芝居) puppet play at Anori Jinja Shrine (安乗神社) in what was then Ago Town (阿児町)* in Mie Prefecture: one of the master puppeteers graciously demonstrates the movements and expressions of a female puppet
Photo taken September 24, 1995 thanks to the kind lady with some local clout who took me along back and introduced me
*part of present-day Shima City (志摩市)
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
A painted image of a group of goblinesque deities along with one youthful boy deity holding a jewel, all populating a mountainous landscape surrounded by waves
One decorated panel of an inner and outer set of boxes known as the Kasuga Dragon Jewel Boxes dating to the 14th century, currently in the collection of the Nara National Museum
Image from "Shintō: The Sacred Art of Ancient Japan" edited by Victor Harris, published by the British Museum Press. 2001, page 217
