Tōdaiji Kaidan'in Tobiraezuzō 東大寺戒壇院厨子扉絵図像とうだいじかいだんいんずしとびらえずぞう

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{i=>[zushi], content=>[These drawings copy the paintings on the doors of a , enshrined in around 755 (Tenpyō Shōhō 7) at the Kaidan’in of Tōdaiji Temple. The drawings were copied before Taira no Shigehira (1157–1185) set fire to Kōfukuji and Tōdaiji during the Siege of Nara in 1180 (Jishō 4), when these exquisite Tenpyō-period paintings and countless other masterworks were lost. Altogether there are sixteen images; they include bodhisattvas making offerings, Bonten (Skt. Brahmā), Taishakuten (Skt. Śakra), the Four Guardian Kings (Shitennō), and the Niō, the intimidating duo often installed at temple gates.]}