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destroy
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Buddha and ascetic
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Shakyamuni Buddha on the throne of lions
With an umbrella in the snow
L'attore Kabuki Iwai Kumesaburo II
Cup with spout
Cup with ibex
Akshobya
Box for paper and documents
Candlestick base
Safavid tile
Commentary on the 40 Traditions
Fragment of Prabhamandala
Ushnishavijaya
Stupa with cosmic Buddhas
Mamluk Ampoule
Prajñaparamita manuscript with double cover
Winter landscape at a watercourse
Tamon-Ten
Akshobhya the Buddha of the eastern direction
Mirror box
Inro with Tokaido stations
glass thu
Hu vase with painted decoration
Urn for the soul (Hunping)
Reclining Buddha in Parinirvana
Fox dance
Architectural fragment with Shiva and a Vyala
Anthropomorphic neck jar
Civil servant on high pedestal
Jnana Dakshinamurti
Head of Vishnu
Shalabhanjika
destroy
Worship of Krishna
Head of a bearded man (Silenus or Atlas)
Buddha and ascetic
The defeat of Mara
Shakyamuni Buddha on the throne of lions

Tamon-Ten

Anonymous

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Tamon-Ten, guardian of the North corresponding to the Indian Vaishravana, is the head of the Celestial Kings who are in charge of the four cardinal points and inhabit Mount Meru as protectors of the World and of the Buddhist Law. From the 9th century he became the subject of a popular cult in Japan which made him to some extent independent of the other three Guardian Kings and was especially revered as a god of prosperity.He has the face of a warrior and is clad in traditional composite armor. Chinese, with their shoulders covered with animal protomes that evoke the Indian makara. The stylized rocks of the hoof symbolize Mount Meru.
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Title: Tamon-Ten

Author: Anonymous

Date: 17th century

Technique: Carved wood and polychrome

Displayed in: MAO - Museum of Oriental Art

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