Ōtsu-e of Shōmen Kongōyasha (Vajrayaksha) probably late 16th–early 17th century Japan Ōtsu-e, or “pictures from Ōtsu Village," were folk paintings popular with travelers the busy trade and pilgrimage routes passing by Lake Biwa, to the northeast of Kyoto. The fierce blue-bodied deity Shōmen Kongōyasha served as the central icon for the popular rite of kōshin machi, an all-night religious vigil intended to protect believers from evil. Before him are four fierce yasha (Sanskrit: yaksha), wrathful deities who serve as guardians of Ōtsu-e of Shōmen Kongōyasha (Vajrayaksha) 36110

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