Iconographic Drawing of Saturn (Doyō), 土曜図像, Heian period (794–1185), 12th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Image: 21 5/8 x 11 1/8 in. (54.9 x 28.2 cm), Paintings, Rituals dedicated to the stars and planets were introduced to Japan from China in the ninth century together with Esoteric Buddhist teachings. Doyō (Sanskrit: Shanaishchara), or the planet Saturn, is one of the Nine Luminaries (Sanskrit: Navagraha) of the stellar system as originally defined in early Indian texts that were later incorporated into Buddhism
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Iconographic Drawing, Saturn, Doyō, 土曜図像, Heian period, 794–1185, 12th century, Japan, Hanging scroll, ink, color, paper, Image, 21 5/8 x 11 1/8, 54.9 28.2 cm, Paintings, Rituals dedicated, stars, planets, introduced, China, ninth, together, Esoteric Buddhist, teachings, Doyō, Sanskrit, Shanaishchara, planet Saturn, Nine Luminaries, Navagraha, stellar system, originally defined, early Indian, texts, later incorporated, Buddhism
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