Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia

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Figure 9. Bonten

(Brahma) (west side of altar, detail). Lecture Hall, Tōji (Kyōōgokokuji),

Kyoto. Heian period, ca. 839. Wood (

hinoki

) with lacquer and pigments, H 103.6 cm.