Tōdai-ji Hachiman
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The Tōdai-ji Hachiman is a syncretic Shinto-Buddhist sculpture of the kami Hachiman carved in 1201 by Buddhist sculptor Kaikei. Currently housed in the Hall of Hachiman in Tōdai-ji, it is classified a
Todaiji Monastery Hachiman by Kaikei
An earlier example of a Sōgyo Hachiman (as monk), Heian period, now on display at the Art Institute of Chicago (1960.755)
Hachiman
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Hachiman is a syncretic Japanese deity identified as the divine spirit of the semi-legendary Emperor Ōjin.
Tōdai-ji Hachiman
…The Tōdai-ji Hachiman (Japanese:木造僧形八幡神坐像, Romaji: Mokuzō Sōgyō Hachimanjin Zazō) is a syncretic Shinto-Buddhist sculpture of the kami Hachiman carved in 1201 by Buddhist sculptor Kaikei. Currently housed in the Hall of Hachiman (Hachiman-den) in Tōdai-ji, it is classified as a National Treasure…
The Shinto deity Hachiman (Kamakura period 1326) at Tokyo National Museum (Lent by Akana Hachimangū), Important Cultural Property
Empress Jingū, mother of Emperor Ōjin
Usa Shrine, at Usa in Oita Prefecture dedicated to Hachiman, founder and patron deity of this city
The Buddhist Sogyō Hachiman depicted in the attire of a Buddhist monk, syncretised from the Shinto deity Hachiman