{"id":731,"date":"2011-06-30T12:43:16","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T17:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/?p=731"},"modified":"2011-09-20T06:25:12","modified_gmt":"2011-09-20T11:25:12","slug":"buddha-statues-japan-june-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/?p=731","title":{"rendered":"Buddha Statues & Japan — June 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello Readers,
\nKnowledge Update for June 2011.<\/p>\n

Updates to A-to-Z Dictionary of Japanese Deities<\/h2>\n

\u00bb Bishamonten, God of Treasure, Wealth, & Warriors
\n<\/strong>http:\/\/www.onmarkproductions.com\/html\/bishamonten.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n

This month we turn our attention to Bishamonten \u6bd8\u6c99\u9580\u5929, one of Japan’s popular Seven Lucky Gods.<\/a> This armor-clad, weapon-wielding, demon-stomping\u00a0deity was introduced to Japan in the 6th century AD as one of Four Deva Kings Guarding the Four Directions. In this role, he was known as Tamonten \u591a\u805e\u5929, the guardian of the north, treasure, and protector of the holy places where Buddha expounds the teachings. The Four Kings soon rose to great prominence in rites to safeguard the Japanese nation. In later centuries, however, Tamonten became the object of an independent cult, supplanting the other three in importance. When worshipped independently, he is called Bishamonten. Around the 15th century, he was enlisted as one of Japan’s Seven Lucky Gods owing to his association with treasure.\u00a0\u00a0Today, as one of the seven,\u00a0he is often portrayed as\u00a0friendly and jolly in contrast to his traditional\u00a0appearance as a ferocious defender of Buddhist law.\u00a0 He\u00a0is identified with various syncretic deities including Sanmen Daikokuten, Tenkawa Benzaiten, Sh\u014dgun Jiz\u014d, and S\u014dshin Bishamonten.<\/p>\n

Come join us for an interesting ride that starts in 6th century Japan and ends in the modern day. This story features nearly 80 “clickable” photos, copious reference notes, spellings in multiple Asian languages, and a handy guide to Bishamon’s changing iconography over the past 14 centuries.<\/p>\n

\"Various<\/a>

Various artwork of Bishamonten, a popular subject of painting and sculpture in Japan.<\/p><\/div>\n

ENJOY, and gassho
\nmark in kamakura<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello Readers, Knowledge Update for June 2011. Updates to A-to-Z Dictionary of Japanese Deities \u00bb Bishamonten, God of Treasure, Wealth, & Warriors http:\/\/www.onmarkproductions.com\/html\/bishamonten.shtml This month we turn our attention to Bishamonten \u6bd8\u6c99\u9580\u5929, one of Japan’s popular Seven Lucky Gods. This armor-clad, weapon-wielding, demon-stomping\u00a0deity was introduced to Japan in the 6th century AD as one of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bishamonten","category-buddha-and-buddhist-statues-in-japan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=731"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":909,"href":"https:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731\/revisions\/909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}