Paintings by Ozuma Kaname - Gods

© Ozuma Kaname

Kissho Tennyo

This is the "Goddess of fortune", or "Heavenly maiden", a figure from the Buddhist tradition who portends good fortune in all aspects. Her right hand forms one of the symbolic gestures (mudra), representing the granting of wishes, and her left holds the cintamani (Sanskrit) magical jewel.

(As usual, the English translations of her name are unreliable: properly speaking Buddhism has no "Goddesses".)

Mark Schumacher's Buddhist Corner has nothing on this deity, but a whole page on the mudra gestures.

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© Ozuma Kaname

Gods of wind and thunder

A traditional portrayal of this famous pair of Shinto deities - Raijin, god of thunder and lightning, and Fûjin, god of wind. Raijin has his circle of drums to beat, and Fûjin the bag with which he somehow creates the wind. (It doesn't look as though either or them cuts their toenails very often.)

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