Japan: 'Eleven-faced Goddess of Mercy'. Hanging scroll painting from the Heian period (794-1185), Nara National Museum, Nara, 12th century. Kannon/Kwannon is the Japanese name for Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of compassion and mercy. Given the appellation 'Goddess of Mercy' by Jesuit missionaries in China, Guanyin is the East Asian equivalent of Avalokitesvara from India, and she is highly beloved and worshipped across Buddhist nations in East and Southeast Asia.

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