🟡 Benzaiten & Dragon, Goddess of Music & Good Fortune 1832 Aoigaoka Keisei⁣

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Benzaiten & Dragon, Goddess of Music & Good Fortune 1832 Aoigaoka Keisei

Benzaiten, Japanese Buddhist Goddess, on a White Dragon plays a musical instrument, 19th century work by Aoigaoka Keisei. Benzaiten originated from the Hindu goddess Saraswati. Sarasvatî Devî in Sanskrit, she is the goddess of all that flows: water, time, words, speech, eloquence, music, and knowledge.

A temple carved into a cave some 30m or 90ft below the surface and just above sea level. At #Sandanbeki, it is dedicated to #Sarasvatī in #Shirahama #Wakayama #Japan #日本 #和歌山県 #白浜 #三段壁 #牟婁大辯才天女尊