The study of Japanese religions and religious art has expanded greatly in the West over the past five decades. Until the 1960s, the field was populated mostly by college teachers and museum curators interested in collecting, but they had little or no training in Asian languages. Today the ...
This design Togakushi no seiran, “Clearing Weather of the Togakushi Mountains.” Princess Sarashina, who is actually a female oni called Momji, “Maple Leaves,” having transformed herself, is seen screaming from behind a giant drum and raising a high wind scattering maple leaves against Taira ...
Only 58 of the 100 are known. Various translations of the poem exist, here is one: The mountain wind in autumn time Is well called “hurricane”; It hurries canes and twigs along, And whirls them o’er the plain To scatter them again Very fine impression. Fine colour. Slight nibbling ...
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Raijin, the Japanese god of thunder, wields formidable power over storms, rain, and lightning. Known for his chaotic nature and connection to the underworld, Raijin often collaborated with his brother Fujin, the god of wind, to unleash wild tempests. Des
Other examples can be found in the development of the iconography of the Japanese Fūjin Wind God,[5] the Niō guardians,[6] and the near-Classical floral patterns in temple decorations.[7] The earliest Buddhist structures still extant in Japan, and the oldest wooden buildings in the Far ...
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The foxes and male-female pairs inside the painting symbolize the merging of Oinari 稲荷 (also written Inari; he is the Japanese god of rice, his messenger is the fox) with the esoteric deity known as Dakiniten 荼吉尼天, a Hindu goddess adopted into the Buddhist pantheon. Her messenger is...
[Wind God] But, the actual words he had tattooed on his arm were: [Lady] This means "Lady", but is also pronounced"Fujin". Apparently, he had used one of the FREE Japanese translation service on the Internet, and typed the word "Fujin". ...
As the party were passing the shrine of the god Hachiman, Nichiren gave vent to his anger at being unprotected and called on various Buddhist deities. A luminous object shot across the sky and a fierce wind materialized. The soldiers fell to the ground and called off the execution. ...