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Fudo Myo'o and two attendants
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Fudo Myo'o and two attendants

14th century · Ink, color, and gold on silk

From the collection of National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler). Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Fudo Myo'o is one of the Buddhist kings of knowledge, and is a symbol of immovable steadfastness in the face of passion, egoism, and temptation. Fudo is usually represented as standing on a stony pedestal with a flaming halo of light behind him. Two young attendants, Kongara doji and Seitaka koji, often accompany images of Fudo. This painting on silk was intended to be hung in a Buddhist temple for ceremonies and worship. Sculptural images of Fudo in polychromed wood were also created as devotional images.

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Credit lineFudo Myo'o and two attendants. 14th century. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Gift of Charles Lang Freer. CC0.
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