#Amida #Nyorai (#Edo periode), Byōdo-in, #Japan.
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A copy of the Sonshō #Mandara, a #mandala deployed in rituals praying for prosperity, longevity, rain, and/or the purification of sins, with the #cosmic #buddha #Dainichi #Nyorai (大日如来) in the center surrounded by emanating #buddhas & #bodhisattvas as well as #FudōMyōō to the lower left and #GōsanzeMyōō to the lower right. Kamakura period (1185-1333) at Hōjū-in (宝寿院) on Mount Kōya in Wakayama Prefecture, #Japan.
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Inner Sanctum of the Great #Pagoda in the central area of Mount Kōya, with the #cosmic #buddha #Dainichi #Nyorai of the Taizōkai #Mandala in the center (only partially visible here to the right behind pillars) surrounded by four accompanying #buddhas from the #Kongōkai #Mandala, a visual statement of the ultimate unity of both #mandalas, Kongōbu-ji, #Japan.
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#Cosmic #buddha #Dainichi #Nyorai (大日如来) dating approximately to the 12th century at Chōryū-ji (長隆寺) in Iga, Mie Prefecture, #Japan.
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#Shaka #Nyorai i.e. the historical #Buddha #Shakyamuni in the collection of Jingo-ji up on Mount Takao in far northwest #Kyoto, #Japan. Hanging scroll (#kakemono), gold & color on silk dating to the 12th century.
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A hanging scroll dating to the #Edo period (1600-1868) depicting the #Buddha #Shakyamuni (釈迦如来 #Shaka #Nyorai) surrounded by the Sixteen Divine Protectors of the Great Wisdom Sutra, Henjōzan Saifuku-ji, Ide, Kyoto Prefecture, #Japan.
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#Amida #Nyorai, #buddha of the Western #PureLand paradise, along with his ever trusty assistants #Kannon #Bodhisattva and #Seishi Bodhisattva, at Shōraku-ji, a small edifice recently restored from extensive rain damage in a residential neighborhood of Rittō City, Shiga Prefecture, #Japan.
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The frontispiece to the first fascicle of the #LotusSutra depicting the #Buddha #Shakyamuni (#Shaka #Nyorai) preaching at Vulture Peak attended by #bodhisattvas, #arhats, and layfolks. From a manuscript of the sutra dating to the 11th century in the collection of Enryaku-ji on Mount Hiei north of #Kyoto, #Japan.
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#Japanese #Kakemono of #Amida #Nyorai, Raigo, Japan 13th-14th century; late #Kamakura period (1249 -1382) or early #Muromachi period.
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#Csmic #buddha #Dainichi #Nyorai (大日如来) flanked by #Sonshō #Butchō (尊勝仏頂) on the left and #Kongōsatta (金剛薩埵) on the right enshrined in the Great #Dharma Transmission Hall of Negoro-ji (根来寺) in Iwade, Wakayama Prefecture, #Japan, with Sonshō Butchō dating to 1405 and the other two to 1387.
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