Śākyamuni with the Four Great Bodhisattvas and the Ten Rākṣasis

Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk
H: 127.8cm, W: 71.5cm
Kamakura period　14th century

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At the center of this painting appears the historical Buddha Shakamuni (Skt. Śākyamuni) flanked by the powerful bodhisattvas Monju (Skt. Mañjuśrī) and Fugen (Skt. Samantabhadra). Surrounding this central triad to their left and right are deities of the Buddhist pantheon believed to have offered special protection to those with faith in the Lotus Sutra (J. Hokekyō): there are the two bodhisattvas Yakuō (Skt. Bhaiṣajya-rāja) and Yuse (Skt. Pradhanasura), the Four Guardian Kings (J. Shitennō), and the Ten Female Demons (Skt. Rakṣasi; J. Jūrasetsunyo). The female demon in the upper left assumes the guise of a woman in Japanese attire who has taken the tonsure.
Object label

Accession Number	817-0
Category	Paintings
Provenance	Provenance: Chōzen-ji Temple, Tokushima Prefecture
Bibliography	Buddhist art in Shibuya : masterpieces from the Nara national museum collection. The Shoto Museum of Art, 2022, 127p. (Japanese) Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of the Nara National Museum: Buddhist Painting. Nara National Museum, 2002, 169p. (Japanese) Arts of Buddha Sakyamuni. Nara National Museum, 1984, 408p. (Japanese)