#kichijoten

[crazyfox-archives]

A painted image of the goddess Kichijōten (吉祥天) and her assistants from the manuscript of an iconographical guide dating to 1309-1310 at Entsūji Temple (円通寺) 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 34

[paintingstoremember]

Kichijōten - Anonymous. 8th century - Pigment on textile

[oldschoolfrp]

Ebisu (god of luck through hard work) and Kishijoten (goddess of luck) play a game within the game.  (Jeff Dee, Japanese mythos in AD&D Deities & Demigods, TSR, 1980)  Kishijoten sometimes appears as a human and uses magic to aid in mortals’ struggles.  She can summon one good dragon, paladin, or ranger at random to assist her once per day from the Prime Material Plane.  The summoned being retains free will, suggesting a plot hook for starting an in medias res adventure for a good PC.

[moryen]

A painting on hemp which shows Kichijoten, a Buddhist deity of fertility and good fortune, but thought to be modelled on Empress Komyo (l. 701-760 CE). Yakushiji temple, Nara, Japan.

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Kisshōten (Kichijōten). Place of origin: Japan Period: Heian Period (794-1185) Date: Late A.D. 9th - 10th century Medium: Cypress wood (hinoki)

[crazyfox-archives]

A copy of the Kichijōten Mandara (吉祥天曼荼羅), a mandala focused on the goddess of prosperity & good fortune Kichijōten (吉祥天), dating to the Kamakura period (1185-1333), once at Tōji Temple (東寺) in Kyoto but now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

Image from “東寺の天部像” [Tōji no Tenbuzō], published by 東寺宝物館 [Tōji Treasure Museum], 1993, page 60

[crazyfox-archives]

A hanging scroll of Kichijōten (吉祥天), deity of fertility and good fortune as the Buddhist adaptation of the South Asian goddess Lakṣmī

Color on hemp fabric dating to the late 8th century from the collection of Yakushiji Temple (薬師寺) in Nara

Image from “日本の国宝005奈良/薬師寺 (週刊朝日百科)” [National Treasures of Japan #5: Yakushiji (Weekly Asahi Encyclopedia)], published by Asahi Shimbun, 1997

[crazyfox-archives]

An image of Nyoirin Kannon Bodhisattva (如意輪観音菩薩) residing at his heavenly pure land of Fudaraku Island (補陀洛) attended by the boy pilgrim Zenzai Dōji (善財童子), the goddess of wealth & beauty Kichijōten (吉祥天), and the old ascetic Basu Sennin (婆藪仙人)

Ink, color, gold & silver on silk, dating to the 12th century (late Heian period)

From the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (see source)