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...of wisdom. Typically depicted astride a lion, he is often paired with the bodhisattva [[Fugen]], who sits atop an elephant as her mount.

...asure]]), and paintings of [[Jizo|Jizô bodhisattva]] and [[Monju|Monju]] [[bodhisattva]] which are considered Important Cultural Assets.

..., and a major site in Buddhist cosmology, believed to be the home of the [[bodhisattva]] [[Manjusri]] (J: ''Monju'').

[[File:Monju-bm.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A 1680s sculpture of the [[bodhisattva]] [[Monju]], by Kôyû, on display at the British Museum]]

Mount Potalaka is a mythical place imagined as the [[Pure Land]] of the [[bodhisattva]] Avalokiteshvara (known in Japanese as [[Kannon]]).

...of ''[[honji suijaku]]'', Hibigami is considered a manifestation of the [[bodhisattva]] [[Jinbun]].

*[[Tankai]] creates a printed copy of the Chinese "Bodhisattva Precepts in the Sutra of Brahma's Net"<!--梵網經菩薩戒--> which he br

...of Sizhou and posthumously came to be regarded as an incarnation of the [[bodhisattva]] [[Guanyin]].

...], where, after seven days of meditation, he experienced a vision of the [[bodhisattva]] [[Jizo|Jizô]] holding a jewel of enlightenment. Gyôja flew atop his clo ..., En no Gyôja journeyed to the Mino'o Waterfall in Osaka, where he met the bodhisattva [[Ryuju|Ryûju]]. He erected a temple to Ryûju called Mino'o Temple, and t

Originally erected in [[1348]], the pagoda features designs of [[Buddha]]s, [[bodhisattva]]s, lions, [[arhat]]s, and scenes from the ''[[Journey to the West]]'', amo

*[[Tankai]] returns to Japan from China with a copy of the Bodhisattva Precepts in the Sutra of Brahma's Net<!--梵網經菩薩戒-->.

...kyû she is sometimes known as Bûsa-ganashi (J: ''Bôsatsu-sama'', i.e. "the bodhisattva").

...izo|Jizô]] associated with the curing of disease, and one of the 11-headed bodhisattva [[Kannon]] (possibly made by [[Gyoki|Gyôki]]).

The statue of the [[bodhisattva]] [[Jizo|Jizô]] enshrined in the main hall as the chief object of worship

The pair have come to be associated, too, with the [[bodhisattva]]s [[Monju]] and [[Fugen]].

...as both [[Shinto]] [[kami]] Myôken-shin 妙見神 and as [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[bodhisattva]] Myôken bosatsu.

...ion of [[Todai-ji|Tôdai-ji]]. After his death, he was posthumously named a bodhisattva; a statue of Gyôki stands outside Kintetsu [[Nara]] Station. ...e began to perform miracles, and that passersby began to worship him as a "bodhisattva."

...f the origin of Seiganji. Izumi Shikibu's appearance in this play as the [[bodhisattva]] of song and dance is revered in Noh and other performing arts, and from t ...ng with 25 bodhisattvas, appear alongside Izumi Shikibu who has become the bodhisattva of song and dance.

...hip at Hashidera Hôjô-in is a [[Kamakura period]] sculpture of [[Jizo|Jizô Bodhisattva]]. The grounds also feature a stone monument commemorating the initial cons

...tnam]], [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyu]], and elsewhere, the king was seen as a [[bodhisattva]], and as ''[[chakravartin]]'', a universal monarch not as explicated in a

...unded by [[Shotoku Taishi|Shôtoku Taishi]] after being instructed by the [[bodhisattva]] [[Kannon]] to do so, in a dream. Though the temple is believed to have be

The Yumedono Kannon, a statue of the [[bodhisattva]] [[Kannon]] was kept hidden from sight since the 7th century, when, after

...Okinawa Island]]. Though the main hall, containing a sacred image of the [[bodhisattva]] [[Kannon]], only dates back to 1942, it was re-built at that time using t

...each ''kami'' deity is said to be a manifestation of a given [[Buddha]], [[bodhisattva]], or other Buddhist entity.

...y of [[Nichiren Buddhism]] in the 15th century, and considered himself a [[Bodhisattva]] of Superb Action, as [[Nichiren]] himself had two centuries prior.

.... It is surrounded by reliefs (on the stone walls and ceiling panels) of [[bodhisattva]]s and other Buddhist figures, arranged in a particular fashion. Gwaneum (J

...Ôjima and were helped by the local people. A woman in white (either the [[bodhisattva]] [[Kannon]] or some other deity) is said to have appeared and to have guid

.../collections/object/miroku-the-bodhisattva-of-the-future-28592 Miroku, the Bodhisattva of the Future]," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.</ref> In late 2013, scholars

Miroku is the Japanese incarnation of the ''[[bodhisattva]]'' known as Maitreya in Sanskrit. Worshipped as the Buddha of the Future,

...he land on the other side is the Buddhist [[Pure Land]] belonging to the [[bodhisattva]] [[Monju]] (Skt: Manjusri), but that only those who have spent many years

...k's outfit, including the round hat and staff with rings at the top. The [[bodhisattva]] [[Jizo|Jizô]] is often depicted similarly, however.

...ose who enjoy personal private enlightenment and keep it to themselves), [[bodhisattva]]s, and [[Buddha]]s. These are then expanded to three thousand realms, by c

...abels, [[Okinawa Prefectural Museum]], August 2013.</ref> Statues of the [[bodhisattva]]s [[Kannon]] and [[Jizo|Jizô]] stand inside the cave<ref>Shinzato, Keiji

...acred images (sculptures). The central statue of Amida is flanked by the [[bodhisattva]]s [[Kannon]] and [[Seishi]], along with six statues of [[Jizo|Jizô]] and

The temple, dedicated to the [[bodhisattva]] [[Kannon]], is said to have had a notable influence in introducing Buddhi

...t back up. The story of [[Eguchi]], a prostitute who turns out to be the [[bodhisattva]] [[Fugen]] in disguise, follows similar themes.

*Painting of Amida and Twenty-Five [[Bodhisattva]]s ''[[raigo|raigô]]'' (Important Cultural Property)

...m Chinese folk religions alongside numerous other [[Buddha|Buddhas]] and [[bodhisattva]]s, of whom the [[Shakamuni|historical Buddha]] was only one, took root rel ...on.<ref>Schirokauer, et al, 88.</ref> The so-called [[Emperor Wu of Liang|"Bodhisattva Emperor" Wu]] entered monastic life on three occasions, being ransomed back

...Amida also often appears in the crown of sculptures or paintings of the [[bodhisattva]] [[Kannon]], with whom Amida is associated.

...s the Yumedono Kannon, a particularly spiritually powerful statue of the [[bodhisattva]] [[Kannon]], also a National Treasure, which was kept hidden, unseen by an

...misfortune, so they reburied the coins, and built this worship hall to the bodhisattva Jizô over the coin mound; it was rebuilt in 1964 after the temple's destru A pair of bronze bodhisattva statues just to the right of the central plaza depict Kannon and [[Seishi]]

...the ''[[shoin zukuri]]'' style. The second story houses a statue of the [[bodhisattva]] [[Kannon]], features more Zen architectural elements in its design, and i

...a Shinto deity, which made him, by association, also, perhaps, akin to a [[bodhisattva]]. Finally, through the reception of embassies from neighboring polities su

...stood in the Western Kondô, including a [[Shaka]] statue flanked by the [[bodhisattva]]s [[Fugen]] and [[Monju]] and accompanied by the Four Wisdom Kings, [[Bont

...in 1972 enshrining three small sculptures of [[Yakushi nyorai]] and the [[bodhisattva]]s [[Gakko|Gakkô]] and [[Nikko bosatsu|Nikkô]].

...Arts]]. Perhaps his most famous work is a hanging scroll painting of the [[bodhisattva]] [[Kannon]] as Compassionate Mother (''[[Hibo Kannon]]''), which was exhib

...period through Buddhist literature and iconography. In particular, the [[bodhisattva]] [[Fugen]] was often shown riding an elephant.

...ue of [[Shaka]] as the chief object of worship, along with images of the [[bodhisattva]]s [[Fugen]], [[Monju]], [[Miroku]], and a Thousand-Armed [[Kannon]]. Sculp

...cular, Unkei is known to have had a hand in the carving of a statue of the bodhisattva Kokuzô, and one of Jikoku-ten, guardian of the East, though neither of the

...bout Jizo. He radically claimed later in life to be a manifestation of the bodhisattva on Earth.

...s ''[[utaki]]'' on Okinawa) of the indigenous [[Ryukyuan religion]]. The [[bodhisattva]] [[Miroku]], adapted into local forms, is also widely worshipped in the re

...aid others achieve enlightenment: these beings are called ''[[Bosatsu]]'' (Bodhisattva). Some of the better known Bosatsu in Japan include Jizô, [[Kannon]], and

...ber of other sculptures made by Unkei for Tôdai-ji, including one of the [[bodhisattva]] [[Kokuzo|Kokuzô]] and one of [[Jikoku-ten]], do not survive today.<ref>M

**Painting of Amida and Twenty-Five [[Bodhisattva]]s ''[[raigo|raigô]]''