Scroll from the Compendium of Iconographic Drawings (Zuzōshō), 真言諸尊図像抄, Heian (794–1185) or Kamakura (1185–1333) period, late

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Scroll from the Compendium of Iconographic Drawings (Zuzōshō), 真言諸尊図像抄, Heian (794–1185) or Kamakura (1185–1333) period, late 12th century, Japan, Handscroll; ink and color on paper, 11 7/8 in. x 25 ft. 7 1/2 in. ( x 781 cm), Paintings, The Zuzōshō, or Jikkanshō, is an encyclopedia of Esoteric Buddhist iconography in ten scrolls. The first edition is datable to the early twelfth century, when multiple versions of the iconography for particular deities made it necessary to assemble and organize a comprehensive guide

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