#kaisando

A hanging scroll of the Kegon Kaie Shoshōjū Mandara (華厳海会諸聖衆曼荼羅), Mandala of the Saints & Divinities of the Flower Ornament Ocean Assembly, currently stored in the Founder’s Hall (開山堂 Kaisandō) on the grounds of Kōzanji Temple (高山寺) up in northwest Kyoto

Prominent at the center top is the cosmic buddha Vairocana (毘盧遮那仏) attended by Kannon Bodhisattva (観音菩薩) & Seishi Bodhisattva (勢至菩薩) and guarded by Bishamonten (毘沙門天) & Jikokuten (持国天), with the 61 smaller figures representing various holy personages who appear in the Avataṃsaka Sūtra (華厳経 Kegonkyō)

A view of the Kaisandō Hall (開山堂) on the grounds of Kōzanji Temple (高山寺) up in northwest Kyoto, dedicated to the temple’s founder Myōe (明恵) (1173-1232) and adapted from his residence later in life, though mostly rebuilt in 1717 after extensive fire damage

A sculpted portrait of the Kegon monk Myōe (明恵) (1173-1232) commissioned shortly after his passing and currently housed in the Founder’s Hall (開山堂 Kaisandō) on the grounds of Kōzanji Temple (高山寺) up in northwest Kyoto