ID: 901002334 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002334	Record Type: Character/Person

	Zaō Gongen (Buddhist character)

Note: Guardian deity of Mount Kinpu located in Nagano prefecture, Japan; rare example of a purely Japanese deity included in the Buddhist pantheon. Described as the combined manifestation of Shakyamuni Buddha, Miroku, and Thousand-Armed Kannon. Often depicted with one leg and one arm raised in a fierce stance, sometimes holding a vajra and wearing a dhoti.

Names:

	Zaō Gongen (Buddhist character) (preferred,Japanese (transliterated)-P,D,N)
	Zaō Gongen (Buddhist character) (English-P,D,N)
	Gongen, Zaō (Buddhist character) (Japanese (transliterated),A,N)
	Gongen, Zaō (Buddhist character) (English,A,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
		........<Buddhist characters> (P)
		............Zaō Gongen (Buddhist character) (I)

Related Iconography:

	manifestation of .... Buddha
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Buddha (primary character of Buddhism)) [901000851]

	manifestation of .... Guanyin
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Guanyin (Buddhist bodhisattva)) [901001278]

	manifestation of .... Maitreya
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Maitreya (Buddhist bodhisattva)) [901000405]

	has as follower .... En no Gyōja
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, En no Gyōja (Buddhist character)) [901002335]

Other Relationships:

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

	role/characteristic is .... guardian deity
	.....(deities, people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	affiliated/associated with .... vajra
	.....(ceremonial weapons, armaments, weapons, Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name), Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	affiliated/associated with .... mountain
	.....(landforms (terrestrial), natural landscapes, landscapes (environments), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), Built Environment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	deity of .... Kinpu, Mount
	..... ULAN Candidate

	affiliated/associated with .... dhotī
	.....(loincloths, main garments for the lower body, main garments, clothing, costume (mode of fashion), Costume (hierarchy name), Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

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

Sources:

	Zaō Gongen (Buddhist character)
	................Nara National Museum [online] (2020-) "Zaō Gongen," accessed 21 July 2020, "Important Cultural Property Zaō-Gongen,"
	................Cleveland Museum of Art [online] (2004) "Zaō Gongen," accessed 21 July 2020, "Zaō Gongen,"
	................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) "Zaō Gongen," accessed 21 July 2020, "Zaō Gongen,"
	Gongen, Zaō (Buddhist character)
	................Getty Vocabulary Program rules

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Cleveland Museum of Art [online] (2004) accessed 21 July 2020, "Zaō Gongen,"
	................ Nara National Museum [online] (2020-) accessed 21 July 2020, "Important Cultural Property Zaō-Gongen,"
	................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 21 July 2020, "Zaō Gongen,"
	................ Source for image https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=FD9107FBA803F7A11A732D3C6DCAF172413788F6D8131BFF1C1AB56777EADD77&s=21&se=364163216&v=3&f=1973.105_o4.jpg; accessed 21 July 2020