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A painted image of the goddess Benzaiten (弁才天) dating to the Edo period (1600-1868)

Young lion dancers and musicians performing at the direction of a tengu-masked conductor during the Kagitori rite (賀儀取), a major event on the fifth and final day of new year’s rites called the Buri Matsuri Festival (鰤祭) in Kuki (九鬼町), Owase, Mie Prefecture

A painted image of the wrathful deity of love and attraction Aizen Myōō (愛染明王) dating to the Kamakura period (1185-1333)

Hanging scroll, ink & colors on silk from the collection of the Nezu Museum in Tokyo

Una imagen pintada de la deidad iracunda del amor y la atracción Aizen Myōō (愛染明王) que data del periodo Kamakura (1185-1333)

A sculpted image of Eleven-Faced Kannon Bodhisattva (十一面観音菩薩) dating to the Heian period (794-1185) from the collection of Kanbodaiji Temple (観菩提寺) in Iga, Mie Prefecture. Photo by Sasaki Kyōsuke (佐々木香輔)

A sculpted image of the Shingon founder Kūkai (空海) a.k.a. Kōbō Daishi (弘法大師) (774-835) carved by the Buddhist artist Jōki (定喜) in 1302 at Jingoji Temple (神護寺) in Kyoto

"Senbon Torii" by Takenaka Fū (武中楓), undated (early 21st century)

A sculpted image of Thousand-Armed Kannon Bodhisattva (千手観音菩薩) on the grounds of Engyōji Temple (円教寺) in Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture

Una imagen esculpida del Bodhisattva Kannon de los Mil Brazos en los terrenos del templo Engyōji, en la ciudad de Himeji, prefectura de Hyōgo

The sculpted main image of Eleven-Faced Kannon Bodhisattva (十一面観音菩薩) at Hagaji Temple (羽賀寺) in Obama City, Fukui Prefecture, dating to the early Heian period (794-1185)