JAPAN - EDO period (1603 - 1868) - Lot 78

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JAPAN - EDO period (1603 - 1868) - Lot 78
JAPAN - EDO period (1603 - 1868) Polychrome ink on silk, Daiitoku Myoo (Sanskrit: Yamantaka), associated with the West, one of the five great Kings of Wisdom (Godai Myoo), with six arms, six heads and six legs standing on the wheel placed on the back of a bull, holding in his hands, the wheel, saber, scepter, bow and arrow, trident. Dim. 81 x 36,5 cm. Mounted in kakemono. Two red and gold enameled porcelain weights with scales decoration, signed Kutani. Dim. 3 x 4 x 4 cm The Sanskrit name of Daiitoku Myoo, Yamantaka, means "the one who stops the power of the king of the underworld". The concept of the five great Kings of Wisdom (Godai Myoo) was imported to Japan from China by Kukai (774-836), founder of the Shingon Buddhist school, and became important icons of Buddhist rituals to protect the nation.
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