Aizen Mandala. 1107. Heian Period (794–1185), Japan. Metropolitan Museum, NYC. An ink drawing from t
Aizen Mandala. 1107. Heian Period (794–1185), Japan. Metropolitan Museum, NYC. An ink drawing from the early twelfth century, probably made as a guide for creating a painted mandala - a schematic diagram of an array of Buddhist deities used for rituals. A dated inscription on the reverse shows the drawing to have been copied by a monk at Shōren’in Temple in Kyoto. -- source link
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