Sketch of an "Inviting Rain" Mandala, 請雨経曼荼羅図像, Heian period (794–1185), 12th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Overall: 59 1/2 x 25 3/4 in. (151.1 x 65.4 cm), Paintings, This unusual mandala, a sketch from a compendium of esoteric Buddhist images, set in the watery world of dragon kings, was used in rites to end drought. Interestingly, there are no known polychrome or highly finished versions of this type of mandala, though they are recorded as having been used in sutra-reading services performed by monks from the Tōji and Daigoji temples in Kyoto as early as the ninth century
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Sketch, Inviting Rain, Mandala, 請雨経曼荼羅図像, Heian period, 794–1185, 12th century, Japan, Hanging scroll, ink, paper, Overall, 59 1/2 x 25 3/4, 151.1 65.4 cm, Paintings, unusual, mandala, sketch, compendium, esoteric Buddhist, images, set, watery world, dragon kings, rites, drought, Interestingly, no, polychrome, highly finished, versions, type, recorded, having, sutra-reading services, performed, monks, Tōji, Daigoji temples, Kyoto, early, ninth
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