Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia

. the tji lecture hall statue mandala 941

Figure 5. Five Great Bodhisattvas

Godai Bosatsu. Lecture Hall, Tōji (Kyōōgokokuji), Kyoto. Central

figure, sixteenth century, Muromachi period; four statues, Heian period, ca. 839. Wood (

hinoki

) with lacquer and

gold leaf; central Kongō Haramitsu, H 197.2 cm; Kongōsatta, H 96.4 cm (see color plate 11); Kongōhō-A, H 93.4 cm;

Kongōhō-B, H 95.8 cm; Kongōgō, H 94.6 cm (Bogel,

Glance

, 2009, 283, pl. 11.3).