Portrait of Amogha (不空; 705–774), hanging scroll in the Tō-ji of Kyoto. Painted on order of Kūkai 821, who added the calligraphy. One of two scrolls to supplement a set of five paintings of the patriarchs of esoteric Buddhism created in 805 and presented to him in China. (Japanese national treasure as part of the set “Seven Shingon Patriarchs” 絹本著色真言七祖像)
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0821
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