Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia

680 clemente beghi

Table 2. Esoteric images (statues and paintings) during the Tenpyō period as present in historical records

(from Hamada, slightly modified).

Deity name

Date of occurrence

Original location

Present Location

757–64

?

745

Imperial vow to have images built in the capital and throughout the country

?

751

?

763

?

780

?

779

?

760

?

714

727

Tōkyō National Museum

750

752

752

758

After 776

778

Priv. coll.

×^4

780

?

785

?

The

Nihon ryōiki

mentions

images at

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and