Dakiniten, the Buddhist Manifestation of the Shinto Deity Inari, late 14th century, Unknown Japanese, 26 7/16 × 15 1/4 in. ( × cm) (image)59 1/2 × 21 13/16 in. ( × cm) (with rollers), Ink and color on silk, Japan, 14th century, Buddhism officially entered Japan in the mid-500s, and by the 800s, Japanese Buddhists had developed a theory that kami, native gods, were incarnations of Buddhist deities. The figure of Dakiniten in this scroll exemplifies Buddhism’s ready assimilation of native gods. In Hinduism, a ḍākinī is a female spirit or deity who eats the flesh and heart

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