Description
This is a painting of Fujiwara no Kamatari (614–669), the tutelary deity of Tanzan Shrine in Nara Prefecture. He is depicted in the center, with his two sons, Jōe (614–669) in monastic garb and Fuhito (659–720) seated at his feet. At the top of the painting is the story of the building of Tanzan Shrine’s thirteen-story pagoda, and five circles containing the Buddhist forms of the Fujiwara tutelary deities of Kasuga Shrine.
Data source
ColBase
"ColBase: Integrated Collections Database of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan" is a service that enables a multi-database search of the collections in the four national museums (To...
Contents holder/Provider
Aggregator
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
Last updated
August 17, 2026