... to mention Asami OF THE KASUGA DEITIES Ryfisuke's intriguing discussion of several such groupings, in course of his investigation of a thirteenth-century triad Even if the current pentad was not original to the Muro- formerly located at Kichiden-ji in Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture.45 ji koncla altar, we...

... of Chinese Art Sooa Im McCormick, Assistant Curator of Asian Art 5. Descent of the Nine Luminaries and the Seven Stars at Kasuga, Japan, Muromachi period (1336...

... in rie no tenkai: Mokuhan ni yoru minshū e no ryūfu Scroll 19 of the Miracles of the Kasuga Shrine Deity (The de­vel­op­ (1309). ment of Ippen hijiri-e: Its dis­sem­i­na­tion to the peo­ple 5. Kohara Hironobu　 Chūgoku gakan...

... Japan. Earthenware; h. 38.1 cm. 1999.104.1. Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., B.A. 1913 Fund. Photography by Carl Kaufinan NEW YORK, NEW YORK Mary Jackson Burke Foundation Sandy Williams, Curator Fig. 25. / Deer Mandala of the Kasuga Shrine (Nambokucho period, late 14th century). Japan. Hanging...

... with funds provided by Irene Christopher, Scott M. Delman, and the 2012 Collectors Committee. 238 LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART 29. Sacred Deer of Kasuga Shrine, Japan, Kamakura period, 13th century. Wood...

... 64. Artist unknown. Kasuga Deer Mandala. Japan. Muromachi period (1336–1573). Early 15th c. Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and cut gold on silk; 94.5 Â 35 cm. Yale University Art Gallery, 2008.79.1...

... principal icon Adorning the double halo of the Shin Yakushiji of worship (honzon) made for this temple. Yakushi, are six (not seven) small Buddha images, Today Shin Yakushiji stands in a quiet residential two above the head halo and two on each side of the area not far from Kasuga Shrine...

... the deceased ( Jizō dokuson raigō ). While they first arose in close connection to the Kasuga belief system, these images soon came to be understood as illustrating Jizō's salvific power to guide the deceased to the Western Pure Land, or any Buddha land. Glassman, Face of Jizō , 65–75 . 71...