Brooklyn Museum - One of the Twelve Bodhisattvas

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Brooklyn Museum - One of the Twelve Bodhisattvas

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This is a woodcut of Jyunidai Gongen (十二大権現, which means the Great Gongen of twelve), a goddess enshrined in Mount Ontake, Nagano, Japan, who is believed to save twelve hungry kids of a poor couple.
中文: 安奉於日本長野縣御嶽山四合目的安產、育子女神十二大權現木刻版畫神像,傳說其曾保佑一對貧窮、缺乏飲食夫妻的十二子女順利存活。

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1700 - 1800
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Brooklyn Museum
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