不動明王像, Fudō Myōō (Achala-vidyārāja), Heian period (794–1185), 12th century, Japan, Joined-woodblock construction with traces of

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不動明王像, Fudō Myōō (Achala-vidyārāja), Heian period (794–1185), 12th century, Japan, Joined-woodblock construction with traces of color and cut-gold, H. 63 3/4 in. (162 cm), Sculpture, Fudō Myōō is the most widely represented of the Buddhist deities known as Myōō, or Kings of Brightness. A fierce protector of the Buddhist Law, he is a direct emanation of the Buddha Dainichi Nyorai, the principal Buddha of Esoteric Buddhism

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