Kōbō Daishi with the Two Myōjin of Niu and Kōya
Color on silk · Edo period · 18th century · Hōju-in, Wakayama
The same composition painted again five centuries later: the unchanged subject shows that the devotion remained alive in the Edo period.
Exhibition: Celebrating 1250 Years Since the Birth of the Great Master Kūkai: Kūkai and the Treasures of Shingon Buddhism — Tokyo National Museum · –