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ID: 901000424
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000424
Record Type: Character/Person

Bishamon (Buddhist character)

Note: Buddhist divinity, god of luck, and guardian of the north wind.

Names:
Bishamon (Buddhist character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Bishamonten (Buddhist character) (English)
Vaishravana (Buddhist character) (Sanskrit (transliterated),U,N)
Tamonten (Buddhist character) (Japanese,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
........<Buddhist characters> (P)
............Bishamon (Buddhist character) (I)
Related Iconography:
associated with .... Zennishi
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Zennishi (Buddhist character)) [901000426]
associated with .... Uga Benzaiten
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Japanese iconography, Japanese characters, Uga Benzaiten (Japanese deity)) [901002337]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... legendary character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Buddhist
.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
deity of .... north wind
.....(wind (weather phenomena), weather and related phenomena, earth sciences concepts, physical sciences concepts, scientific concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
deity of .... good luck
.....(fortune, philosophical concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Bishamon (Buddhist character)
................Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/AK-MAK-701?lang=en; accessed 14 September 2012
................British Museum [online] (1999-)
Bishamonten (Buddhist character)
................Casanowicz, Buddhist Art in US National Museum (1921)
Vaishravana (Buddhist character)
................Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/AK-MAK-701?lang=en; accessed 14 September 2012
Tamonten (Buddhist character)
................Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/AK-MAK-701?lang=en; accessed 14 September 2012
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/AK-MAK-701?lang=en; accessed 14 September 2012
................ Dunhuang Research Academy, Mogao Grottoes (2000-)
................ British Museum [online] (1999-) http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=770843&partId=1&searchText=Bishamon&page=1

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