Statue of King Manzensha

Exhibit
author name
Masayasu Tagami
work size
M20
Work type
油 絵
Details
It corresponds to the Sanskrit word (poorna bhadra) and is probably a kind of guardian deity called 'Mitsuzen' that appears in the 'Thousand Armed Darani Sutra.'Along with King Kim, he is counted as one of Bishamonten's Eight Great Medicine Commanders.He holds a snake in his left hand, and his hair stands up like an oyster shell.According to the Buddhist view of the world, Mt. Sumeru, which is said to be located in the center, is divided into layers from the bottom of the earth to the sky, and the three worlds and six realms of desire, color, and colorlessness are defined according to the depth and depth of the mental state of sentient beings.・It is assumed that there are races from various realms, such as humans (the former five realms including humans are the secular world), ceilings (there are 28 species, and they are said to span the three realms).
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