Anchira-taisho Jochi, 安底羅大将図像(付.裏書), Heian period (794–1185), 1164, Japan, Pair of hanging scrolls; ink on paper, Image (a): 21 7/8 x 12 5/8 in. (55.6 x 32.1 cm), Paintings, The subject of this iconographic drawing, which originally belonged to Kōzanji, a temple in the mountains northwest of Kyoto, is generally identified as General Anchira (Andira in Sanskrit), one of the twelve guardian generals who dedicated themselves to the Yakushi (Bhaishajyaguru) Buddha
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Anchira-taisho Jochi, 安底羅大将図像, 付.裏書, Heian period, 794–1185, 1164, Japan, Pair, hanging scrolls, ink, paper, Image, 21 7/8 x 12 5/8, 55.6 32.1 cm, Paintings, subject, iconographic drawing, originally, Kōzanji, temple, mountains northwest, Kyoto, generally identified, General Anchira, Andira, Sanskrit, twelve guardian, generals, dedicated themselves, Yakushi, Bhaishajyaguru, Buddha
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