The Four Deities of Mount Koya, 16th century. Mount Koya is the headquarters of the Shingon sect of Esoteric Buddhism. Female deity Niu Myojin and her male counterpart Kariba Myojin with Kehi, on the right, and Itsukushima Myojin below. Muromachi period (1392-1573)

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