"He's like the bouncer of Buddhism."
Curator Sinéad Vilbar on "Fudō Myōō," a Buddhist deity whose name means “Immovable.”
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Meet the protector of Buddhist law
"He's like the bouncer of Buddhism."
Sinéad Vilbar
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Sinéad Vilbar
Assistant Curator, Department of Asian Art
Assistant Curator, Department of Asian Art
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