Fudō Myōō in Portable Shrine 18th century Japan Portable shrines containing diminutive Buddhist sculptures are frequently used as personal devotional icons. This statue of the King of Brightness Fudō the Immovable” was once owned by the famous grand champion (yokozuna) sumo wrestler Hitachiyama Taniemon (1874-1922), who toured the United States and Europe in 1907-8. He fought a wrestling match in New York, at which time he presented the Museum with this shrine. Fudō would have been a deity with whom a powerful wrestler could identify, for his role within Japanese Esoteric Buddhism is to use his superior strength to fight the evil and ignorance that are obstacles to enlightenment.. Fudō Myōō in Portable Shrine 49114

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Fudō Myōō in Portable Shrine 18th century Japan Portable shrines containing diminutive Buddhist sculptures are frequently used as personal devotional icons. This statue of the King of Brightness Fudō the Immovable” was once owned by the famous grand champion (yokozuna) sumo wrestler Hitachiyama Taniemon (1874-1922), who toured the United States and Europe in 1907-8. He fought a wrestling match in New York, at which time he presented the Museum with this shrine. Fudō would have been a deity with whom a powerful wrestler could identify, for his role within Japanese Esoteric Buddhism is to use his superior strength to fight the evil and ignorance that are obstacles to enlightenment.. Fudō Myōō in Portable Shrine 49114

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