Nitten, the Sun Deity one of a set of Twelve Devas, 14th-15th century, Unknown Japanese, 38 x 15 1/2 in. ( x cm), Ink, color, gold, and cut gold leaf (kirikane) on silk, Japan, 14th-15th century, Nitten is the Sun Deity and serves in Buddhism in the same capacity. Nitten holds a solar disc in his right hand within which is a three-legged rooster, believed to inhabit the sun

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