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Sculpted images of Monju Bodhisattva (文殊菩薩), bodhisattva of wisdom and main image at Abe Monjuin Temple (安倍文殊院) in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, along with four attendants (left to right):

Yuima the Layman (維摩居士) (Sanskrit: Vimalakīrti), merchant householder versed in Buddhist wisdom [this figure usually identified as Old Man Saishō (最勝老人) in such pentads]

The monk Shubodai (須菩提) (Sanskrit: Subhūti), of the Buddha’s ten disciples the one most conversant with the abstruse concept of Emptiness [this figure usually identified as Scripture Master Buddahari (仏陀波利三蔵) in such pentads]

Zenzai Dōji (善財童子) (Sanskrit: Sudhana), a young wisdom seeker who at Monju Bodhisattva’s suggestion makes a pilgrimage to 53 mentors

Udenō (優填王) (Sanskrit: King Udayana), a king and lay sponsor of the historical buddha Shakyamuni

All statues sculpted by the Buddhist artist Kaikei (快慶) in 1203 except for Yuima, a 1607 replacement by the Buddhist artist Shūin (宗印)

Ofuda talisman depicting Monju Bodhisattva (文殊菩薩) (Sanskrit: Mañjuśrī), bodhisattva of wisdom at Abe Monjuin Temple (安倍文殊院) in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, along with his four attendants (left to right):

1.  Yuima the Layman (維摩居士) (Sanskrit: Vimalakīrti), merchant householder versed in Buddhist wisdom [this figure usually identified as Old Man Saishō (最勝老人) in such pentads]

2. The monk Shubodai (須菩提) (Sanskrit: Subhūti), of the Buddha’s ten disciples the one most conversant with the abstruse concept of Emptiness [this figure usually identified as Scripture Master Buddahari (仏陀波利三蔵) in such pentads]

3. Zenzai Dōji (善財童子) (Sanskrit: Sudhana), a young wisdom seeker who at Monju Bodhisattva’s suggestion makes a pilgrimage to 53 mentors

Monju Bodhisattva (文殊菩薩), bodhisattva of wisdom and main image at Abe Monjuin Temple (安倍文殊院) in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, along with four attendants (left to right):

1.  Yuima the Layman (維摩居士) (Sanskrit: Vimalakīrti), merchant householder versed in Buddhist wisdom [this figure usually identified as Old Man Saishō (最勝老人) in such pentads]

2. The monk Shubodai (須菩提) (Sanskrit: Subhūti), of the Buddha’s ten disciples the one most conversant with the abstruse concept of Emptiness [this figure usually identified as Scripture Master Buddahari (仏陀波利三蔵) in such pentads]

3. Zenzai Dōji (善財童子) (Sanskrit: Sudhana), a young wisdom seeker who at Monju Bodhisattva’s suggestion makes a pilgrimage to 53 mentors

4. Udenō (優填王) (Sanskrit: King Udayana), a king and lay sponsor of the historical buddha Shakyamuni

 All statues sculpted by the Buddhist artist Kaikei (快慶) in 1203 except for Yuima, a 1607 replacement by the Buddhist artist Shūin (宗印)