Eleven-Headed Kannon on Mount Fudaraka, 十一面観音影向図, Kamakura period (1185–1333), 13th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink, color

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Eleven-Headed Kannon on Mount Fudaraka, 十一面観音影向図, Kamakura period (1185–1333), 13th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Image: 42 1/2 × 16 1/8 in. (108 × 41 cm), Paintings, Described in the sutras as a mountainous island in the southern sea, Mount Fudaraka (Sanskrit: Potalaka) is said to be the residence of the bodhisattva Kannon (Sanskrit: Avalokiteshvara). In China, this island was popularly believed to be off the coast of Ningbo in Zhejiang province

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