神於寺縁起絵巻断簡, Scene from The Illustrated Legends of Jin’ōji Temple (Jin’ōji engi emaki), early 14th century

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神於寺縁起絵巻断簡, Scene from The Illustrated Legends of Jin’ōji Temple (Jin’ōji engi emaki), Kamakura period (1185–1333), early 14th century, Japan, Fragment of a handscroll mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Image: 13 1/2 × 21 15/16 in. ( × cm), Paintings, Jin’ōji Temple is associated with the ascetic hermit monk En no Gyōja. Legend has it that he ordered a shikigami (a local deity represented as a small ghost) to guide the Korean deity Hōshō Gongen (Korean: Boseung gwanhyeon) to Jin’ōji

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