Daishōjin Bosatsu, from “Album of Buddhist Deities from the Diamond World and Womb World Mandalas”

Attributed to Takuma Tametō Japanese

12th century

Not on view

This drawing belongs to a compendium of Buddhist deities from the Diamond World and Womb World Mandalas that was discovered in Japan in the late 1920s, disassembled, and dispersed. Together, the two mandalas are foundational to Esoteric Buddhist ritual. This page shows the bodhisattva Daishōjin, a deity of unswerving faith and one of the Sixteen Honored Ones of the Auspicious Age, a group of guardians in the Diamond World Mandala.

Artwork Details

大精進菩薩図像　（「金胎仏画帖」より）
Title: Daishōjin Bosatsu, from “Album of Buddhist Deities from the Diamond World and Womb World Mandalas”
Artist: Attributed to Takuma Tametō (Japanese, active ca. 1132–74)
Period: Heian period (794–1185)
Date: 12th century
Culture: Japan
Medium: Fragment of an album, mounted as a hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on paper
Dimensions: Image: 9 3/4 in. × 5 in. (24.7 × 12.7 cm)
Overall with mounting: 46 1/16 × 14 3/16 in. (117 × 36 cm)
Overall with knobs: 46 1/16 × 15 7/8 in. (117 × 40.3 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Object Number: 2015.300.4
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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