Takao Mandala Images
Ink on paper · Heian period · 12th century · Hase-dera, Nara
A millennium-long backup of the images Kūkai brought from the Tang: each deity of the Takao Mandala copied, one by one, in ink lines.
Exhibition: Celebrating 1250 Years Since the Birth of the Great Master Kūkai: Kūkai and the Treasures of Shingon Buddhism — Tokyo National Museum · –