Sculpted images of Monju Bodhisattva (文殊菩薩), bodhisattva of wisdom and main image at Abe Monjuin Temple (安倍文殊院) in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, along with four attendants (left to right):
Yuima the Layman (維摩居士) (Sanskrit: Vimalakīrti), merchant householder versed in Buddhist wisdom [this figure usually identified as Old Man Saishō (最勝老人) in such pentads]
The monk Shubodai (須菩提) (Sanskrit: Subhūti), of the Buddha’s ten disciples the one most conversant with the abstruse concept of Emptiness [this figure usually identified as Scripture Master Buddahari (仏陀波利三蔵) in such pentads]
Zenzai Dōji (善財童子) (Sanskrit: Sudhana), a young wisdom seeker who at Monju Bodhisattva’s suggestion makes a pilgrimage to 53 mentors
Udenō (優填王) (Sanskrit: King Udayana), a king and lay sponsor of the historical buddha Shakyamuni
All statues sculpted by the Buddhist artist Kaikei (快慶) in 1203 except for Yuima, a 1607 replacement by the Buddhist artist Shūin (宗印)
Photo from the temple's official website
