Anchira-taisho Jochi, 安底羅大将図像(付.裏書), Heian period (794–1185), 1164, Japan, Pair of hanging scrolls; ink on paper, Image (a): 21

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Anchira-taisho Jochi, 安底羅大将図像(付.裏書), Heian period (794–1185), 1164, Japan, Pair of hanging scrolls; ink on paper, Image (a): 21 7/8 x 12 5/8 in. ( x cm), Paintings, The subject of this iconographic drawing, which originally belonged to Kōzanji, a temple in the mountains northwest of Kyoto, is generally identified as General Anchira (Andira in Sanskrit), one of the twelve guardian generals who dedicated themselves to the Yakushi (Bhaishajyaguru) Buddha

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