高野四所明神像, The Four Deities of Kōyasan Temple Complex, late 14th century

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高野四所明神像, The Four Deities of Kōyasan Temple Complex, Nanbokuchō period (1336–92), late 14th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Image: 37 × 16 in. (94 × cm), Paintings, The four deities in court dress represent a hierarchy of local Shinto gods (kami) important to Kōyasan, the great mountain-based complex of Shingon Esoteric Buddhism. The upper pair comprises Kariba Myōjin (male) and Niu Myōjin (female), the gods of the mountain who welcomed the monk Kūkai (774–835) as he searched for a site on which to build a temple

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