Zouchouten　増長天

KEY WORD :　art history / iconography

Sk: Virudhaka. A fierce-looking guardian deity *funnusou 忿怒相, believed to protect the south of Buddha's realm. Usually part of a group of Four Guardian Kings *shitennou 四天王. They often wears armour yoroi 鎧 and stands on a demon *jaki 邪鬼. Zouchouten's hand positions *in 印, and attributes *jimotsu 持物, are not rigidly prescribed. He often holds a spear and a sword. Japan's oldest Zouchouten statue, holding a halberd and sword, for most part of the mid-7c Shitennou in Houryuuji *Kondou 法隆寺金堂, Nara.

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