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Daiitoku Myōō, the Wisdom King of Awe-Inspiring Power
Portrait Sculpture of Priest Gyōki
Kakebotoke
Buddhist Reliquary in the Shape of a Wish-Granting Jewel
Amida, the Buddha of Infinite Light
Bonten, the Creator
Shinto Goddess
Shinto God
Cylindrical Sutra Container
Container for rubbing incense
Incense burner with Chinese lions
Ewer
Ritual bell with handle in the shape of the vajra
Akiba Gongen, Manifestation of Mount Akiba
Badara (Bhadra), the Sixth of the Sixteen Arhats
Binzuru (Piṇḍola Bhāradvāja), the First of the Sixteen Arhats
Kiba (Jīvaka), the Ninth of the Sixteen Arhats
Jizō, the Bodhisattva of the Earth Matrix
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Gift of the Clark Center for Japanese Art & Culture; formerly given to the Center in 2000 in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Sherman Lee by the Clark Family in appreciation of the Lees' friendship and help over many yearsexpand_more 2013.29.1a-g
Daiitoku Myōō is meant to be intimidating. He is also known as the Wisdom King of Awe-Inspiring Power, and it is his job to defeat evil. This Buddhist guardian deity’s intense rage is manifested by his wild appearance: six legs, six arms carrying an assortment of weapons, and six glaring faces backed by a halo of flames. Daiitoku Myōō does not act alone but is one of the Five Great Wisdom Kings (Godai Myōō). Four of the Wisdom Kings guard the cardinal directions surrounding the central fifth king. Each of them also guards its own buddha. Since Daiitoku occupies the west, he is associated with the wrath of Amida Buddha, whose abode is a paradise known as the Western Pure Land.
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