Scroll 9 of Collected Iconography (Zuzōshō): Ten (Devas), 天部諸尊図像抄, Kamakura period (1185–1333), 13th century, Japan, Handscroll; ink and color on paper, 12 in. x 53 ft. 3 1/8 in. (30.5 x 1623.3 cm), Paintings, Sketchlike drawings of Buddhist deities in ink and/or light colors played a vital role in transmitting the complex iconography of the multitude of deities who make up the Mikkyō (Esoteric) pantheon. As it is identified on the outside of the scroll, this work contains images of the deva kings (ten in Japanese
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