enpatsu　炎髪

KEY WORD :　art history / sculptures

Also written 焔髪. Upstanding hair in the shape of flames. This accompanies an expression of anger *funnusou 忿怒相, and is found on other frightening Buddhist images including *myouou 明王, Devas *ten 天, and shinshouzou 神将像. Gundari Myououzou 軍荼利明王像 and Daiitoku Myououzou 大威徳明王像　(wood, 9c) in Touji Koudou 東寺講堂, Kyoto, are good examples.

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