The Secrets of the Nine Luminaries (Kuyō hiryaku), 宗観筆　九曜秘暦, Heian period (794–1185), 1125, Japan, Handscroll; ink and color on

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The Secrets of the Nine Luminaries (Kuyō hiryaku), 宗観筆　九曜秘暦, Heian period (794–1185), 1125, Japan, Handscroll; ink and color on paper, 11 1/4 in. x 26 ft. 6 1/4 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Sōkan (Japanese, active late 11th–early 12th century), Designed to foretell destiny and to help overcome the influence of unfavorable stellar configurations, the rituals of Esoteric Buddhism, imported from India and combined with native Daoism, played an indispensable role in the religious life of China

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