The name of the bodhisattva Amoghapāśa, who is an esoteric emanation of Kannon (Skt. Avalokiteśvara), means “Lokeśvara with the Unfailing Snare.” (Lokeśvara is a common variant name for the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, Kannon in Japan.) Such similarities as the attributes held in the hands of this eight-armed form of the deity and the pointed lobes of the mandorla’s shape that resemble the ends of swords indicate that this painting copies the Fukūkensaku statue enshrined as the principal object of worship in the Nan’endō at Kōfukuji Temple. This is thought to be the oldest extant painting of the icon and the Four Guardian Kings enshrined alongside it.
 
TANIGUCHI KoseiEnglish by Mary Lewine 
Buddhist Art Paradise: Jewels of the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2021.7, p.332, no.210.