A sculpted image of Manira (摩尼羅)--more commonly known elsewhere as Anira (頞儞羅)--one of the twelve divine generals guarding and working for the buddha of medicine and healing, Yakushi Nyorai (薬師如来), at Kōryūji Temple (広隆寺) in Kyoto
According to temple records, crafted by the Buddhist artist Chōsei (長勢), a disciple of Jōchō (定朝), in 1064
Image from a booklet acquired at the temple February 11, 1995












