Title

The Four Deities of Mount Koya, 16th century. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

The Four Deities of Mount Koya, 16th century. Mount Koya is the headquarters of the Shingon sect of Esoteric Buddhism. Female deity Niu Myojin and her male counterpart Kariba Myojin with Kehi, on the right, and Itsukushima Myojin below. Muromachi period (1392-1573)

Date

1500

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM20A39_016

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

32,8Mb (5,5Mb) / 7,7in x 16,5in / 2308 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

portrait female women woman people black fashion religious country religion Buddhism temple museum Japan Japanese dress deity God Shinto location century ink fabric silk SCROLL four people goddess Colour The Met Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art 16th century sixteenth century Muromachi period Shingon portrait Unknown Hanging scroll black colour Heritage Art Hanging scrol Hanging scrol ink color and gold on silk color and gold on silk Esoteric Buddhism Mount Koya Niu Myojin Itsukushima Myojin Kariba Myojin Kehi Portrait