Kongōhō Bodhisattva (Vajradharma)

Japan

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This seated bodhisattva survives from a set of five sculptures. Esoteric practitioners of the Tendai sect commonly depicted the buddha Amida surrounded by four attendant bodhisattvas: Kongōhō, shown here, along with Kongōri (Vajratiksna), Kongōin (Vajrahetu), and Kongōgo (Vajrabhasha).

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Kongōhō Bodhisattva (Vajradharma), Bronze, Japan

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Kongōhō Bodhisattva (Vajradharma), Bronze, Japan
Kongōhō Bodhisattva (Vajradharma), Bronze, Japan

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