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| Keywords: Japanese - Tendai Buddhist Figure Kongodoji - Walters 61268.jpg Kongodoji Myoo is one of several Kings of Knowledge wrathful manifestations in this case of the Buddha Amitabha revered in the Tendai Taimitsu sect of Buddhism and by the practitioners of Shugendo mountain asceticism Kongodoji is characterized by matted hair his left foot raised and his right on a lotus two arms the left raised holding a three-pronged vajra and the right lowered in the varada mudra and he presents a yellow body He is looked to for subjugation of evil and called upon for help in safe childbirth century 14 15 Kamakura Muromachi wood with color cm 18 7 accession number 61 268 26670 Yamanaka Co New York date and mode of aquisition unknown Henry Walters baltimore 1920 by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1920 place of origin Japan Walters Art Museum license Art of Japan in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
