Tsuka with Fudô Myô-ô and Kongara Dôji
The menuki on the front of the hilt depicts the deity Fudô Myô-ô, the Immovable One. Behind him is a mandorla of flames. Fudô Myô-ô is one of the five Kings of Light who protect the Buddhist faithful. His fierce expression is intended to scare away evil spirits. He is almost a...
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79588
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acqistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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3
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संस्कृति
Japanese
माध्यम
wood, gold, ray skin
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