ID: 901002332 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002332	Record Type: Character/Person

	Kongara Doji (Buddhist character)

Note: Attendant to Fudō-Myōō, one of the Five Kings of Brightness (Godai Myo-o) who protect and uphold Buddhist law and practices. Often depicted alongside Fudō-Myōō as a young boy, sometimes holding a sharp weapon, symbolizing the cutting away of worldly passions.

Names:

	Kongara Doji (Buddhist character) (preferred,Japanese (transliterated)-P,D,N)
	Kongara Doji (Buddhist character) (English-P,D,N)
	Doji, Kongara (Buddhist character) (Japanese (transliterated),A,N)
	Doji, Kongara (Buddhist character) (English,A,N)
	Kongara Dōji (Buddhist character) (English,U,N)
	Kongara (Buddhist character) (English,U,N)
	Kongara-doji (Buddhist character) (English,U,N)
	Kongara doji (Buddhist character) (English,U,N)
	矜羯羅童子 (Buddhist character) (English,U,N)
	Kiṃkara (Buddhist character) (English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
		........<Buddhist characters> (P)
		............Kongara Doji (Buddhist character) (I)

Related Iconography:

	follower of .... Fudo Myo-o
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Fudo Myo-o (Buddhist character)) [901000066]

	partner of .... Seitaka Doji
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Seitaka Doji (Buddhist character)) [901002333]

Other Relationships:

	related to .... Kukai (Japanese monk, calligrapher, 774-835)
	.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)

	culture/religion is .... Japanese Buddhism
	.....(Buddhism, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Shingon
	.....(Japanese Buddhism, Buddhism, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Kongara Doji (Buddhist character)
	................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) "Kongara Doji," accessed 21 July 2020, "Kongara-doji,"
	................British Museum [online] (1999-) "Kongara Doji," accessed 15 July 2020, "Kings of Brightness in Japanese Esoteric Buddhist Art,"
	................Art Institute of Chicago (2018-) "Kongara Doji," accessed 21 July 2020, "The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Kongara Doji in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780,"
	Doji, Kongara (Buddhist character)
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	Kongara Dōji (Buddhist character)
	................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) "Kongara Dōji," accessed 21 July 2020, "Kings of Brightness in Japanese Esoteric Buddhist Art,"
	Kongara (Buddhist character)
	................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) "Kongara," accessed 21 July 2020, "Fudō Myōō and Two Attendants,"
	Kongara-doji (Buddhist character)
	................Freer Gallery and Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian [online] (2003-) "Kongara-doji," accessed 21 July 2020, "Kongara-doji, attendant to the Buddhist Deity, Fudo Myo-o (one of a pair with F1970.28),"
	Kongara doji (Buddhist character)
	................Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-) "Kongara doji," accessed 21 July 2020, "Iconographic Drawing of Kongara doji, an Attendant of Fudo myoo,"
	矜羯羅童子 (Buddhist character)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) "矜羯羅童子," accessed 15 July 2020, "Acala,"
	Kiṃkara (Buddhist character)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) "Kiṃkara," accessed 15 July 2020, "Acala,"

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 21 July 2020, "Kings of Brightness in Japanese Esoteric Buddhist Art,"
	................ British Museum [online] (1999-) accessed 21 July 2020, "figure,"
	................ Indianapolis Museum of Art [online] (2020) accessed 21 July 2020, "Acala Vidyārāja (Fudō Myōō) and Two Attendants,"
	................ Source for image https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/api/collection/v1/iiif/45606/200988/main-image; accessed 21 July 2020