Sanjūsangen-dō
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Sanjūsangen-dō is a Buddhist temple of the Tendai sect in the Higashiyama district of Kyoto, Japan.
Sanjusangen-dō in 2022
Painting of Sanjūsangen-dō by Utagawa Toyoharu, c. 1772–1781.
Senju Kannon, the main statue of veneration in Sanjusangen-dō (by Tankei)
Senju Kannon No.20 (by Tankei)
Fūjin
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Fūjin or Fūten, sometimes also known as Ryobu, is the Japanese god of the wind and one of the eldest Shinto and Buddhist gods. He is portrayed as a terrifying wizardly demon, resembling a red-haired,
Sanjūsangen-dō
…Treasure of Japan, and the collection of sculptures it houses, including 1001 standing Thousand-armed Kannon, 28 standing attendants, a statue of Fūjin and a statue of Raijin, and the principal image of the temple, a big seated statue of Thousand-armed Kannon, all of them designated National Treasures…
Sculpture of Fūjin from Sanjūsangen-dō temple in Kyoto. Kamakura period, 13th century
Fūjin depicted on a folding screen by Tawaraya Sōtatsu (1570–1640)
Statue at Taiyū-in in Nikkō
Iconographical evolution of the Wind God. Left: Greek wind God (Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara), Hadda, 2nd century. Middle: Wind God from Kizil, Tarim Basin, 7th century. Right: Japanese Wind God Fujin, 17th century.