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ID: 901002347
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002347
Record Type: Character/Person

Uho Doji (Buddhist character)

Note: Syncretic deity, seen as both a manifestation of Amaterasu, the Shinto goddess of the sun, and of Vairocana, the Great Solar Buddha. Often depicted with a five-tiered pagoda on her head. Sometimes depicted with a jewel in her left hand and a staff on the right, which dispels bad luck.

Names:
Uho Doji (Buddhist character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Uho-doji (Buddhist character) (English,U,N)
Uho Doji Zo (Buddhist character) (English,U,N)
Uho-Doji-Zo (Buddhist character) (English,U,N)
ウホウ・ドウジ・ゾウ (Buddhist character) (Japanese,U,N)
ウホウ・ドウジ・ゾウ (Buddhist character) (English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
........<Buddhist characters> (P)
............Uho Doji (Buddhist character) (I)
Related Iconography:
associated with .... Amaterasu
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Shinto iconography, Shinto characters, Amaterasu (Shinto deity)) [901002533]
associated with .... Vairocana
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Vairocana (Buddhist deity)) [901002242]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Shinto
.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
affiliated/associated with .... sun (star)
.....(stars (extraterrestrial bodies), extraterrestrial bodies, natural landscapes, landscapes (environments), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), Built Environment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Uho Doji (Buddhist character)
................Johnson Museum of Art [online] (2020) "Uho Doji," accessed 20 August 2020, "Three Shinto-Buddhist Deities (Uho Doji, Nanda ryu-o, and Kompira-o),"
................Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-) "Uho Doji," accessed 20 August 2020, "Uho doji, the Buddhist Manifestation of Amaterasu omikami,"
................University of Michigan Library [online] (2020-) "Uho Doji," accessed 20 August 2020, "Uho doji; Kamakura period; Creation date: 1185-1333,"
Uho-doji (Buddhist character)
................Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA) [online] (2000-) "Uho-doji," accessed 20 August 2020, "The Art of Asia,"
Uho Doji Zo (Buddhist character)
................Kansai Digital Archives [online] (2014) "Uho Doji Zo," accessed 20 August 2020, "UHO DOJI ZO (STATUE OF UHO DOJI),"
Uho-Doji-Zo (Buddhist character)
................Kansai Digital Archives [online] (2014) "Uho-Doji-Zo," accessed 20 August 2020, "UHO DOJI ZO (STATUE OF UHO DOJI),"
ウホウ・ドウジ・ゾウ (Buddhist character)
................Kansai Digital Archives [online] (2014) "ウホウ・ドウジ・ゾウ," accessed 20 August 2020, "UHO DOJI ZO (STATUE OF UHO DOJI),"
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Kansai Digital Archives [online] (2014) accessed 20 August 2020, "UHO DOJI ZO (STATUE OF UHO DOJI),"
................ University of Michigan Library [online] (2020-) accessed 20 August 2020, "Uho doji; Kamakura period; Creation date: 1185-1333,"
................ Johnson Museum of Art [online] (2020) accessed 20 August 2020, "Three Shinto-Buddhist Deities (Uho Doji, Nanda ryu-o, and Kompira-o),"
................ Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA) [online] (2000-) accessed 20 August 2020, "The Art of Asia,"
................ Source for image http://nara-heritage-online.naist.jp/img/img_wm/hannyaji/2/2_5/2_5_A_59A0526.jpg ; accessed 20 August 2020

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