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ID: 901002338
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002338
Record Type: Character/Person

Suiten (Japanese deity)

Note: Deity of water, the sea, and fishermen; based on the Hindu deity Varuna. Often depicted with snakes and or sea dragons.

Names:
Suiten (Japanese deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Suiten kyo (Japanese deity) (English,U,N)
水天 (Japanese deity) (English,U,N)
水天 (Japanese deity) (Japanese,U,N)
Suijin (Japanese deity) (English,U,N)
水神 (Japanese deity) (Japanese,U,N)
水神 (Japanese deity) (English,U,N)
Sui-ō (Japanese deity) (English,U,N)
Suiu (Japanese deity) (English,U,N)
水王 (Japanese deity) (English,U,N)
水王 (Japanese deity) (Japanese,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
........<Buddhist characters> (P)
............Suiten (Japanese deity) (I)
Related Iconography:
associated with .... Uga Benzaiten
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Japanese iconography, Japanese characters, Uga Benzaiten (Japanese deity)) [901002337]
based on .... Varuna
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Varuna (Hindu deity)) [901002119]

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 .... Japanese Buddhism
.....(Buddhism, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
deity of .... water (inorganic material)
.....(inorganic material, materials by composition, materials (substances), Materials (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
deity of .... fishermen (people)
.....(people in agriculture or natural resource occupations, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
affiliated/associated with .... dragon
.....(legendary beings, Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
affiliated/associated with .... snake (suborder)
.....(Squamata (order), Reptilia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Suiten (Japanese deity)
................University of Michigan Museum of Art [online] (2020) "Suiten," accessed 24 July 2020, "Suiten kyo (Sutra of Varuna, Deity of the Waters),"
................Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-) "Suiten," accessed 24 July 2020, "Suiten (the Water Deity), from a set of the Twelve Devas (Jûniten),"
................Virtual Collection of Asian Masterpieces [online] (2013) "Suiten," accessed 24 July 2020, "Tenkawa Mandara 天河曼陀羅; Benzaiten 弁財天 and other gods,"
Suiten kyo (Japanese deity)
................University of Michigan Museum of Art [online] (2020) "Suiten kyo," accessed 24 July 2020, "Suiten kyo (Sutra of Varuna, Deity of the Waters),"
水天 (Japanese deity)
................Virtual Collection of Asian Masterpieces [online] (2013) "水天," accessed 24 July 2020, "Tenkawa Mandara 天河曼陀羅; Benzaiten 弁財天 and other gods,"
Suijin (Japanese deity)
................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) "Suijin," accessed 24 July 2020, "The Suijin Temple Grove, Uchikawa, and the Village of Sekiya,"
水神 (Japanese deity)
................Wikipedia (2000-) "水神," accessed 24 July 2020, "Suijin,"
Sui-ō (Japanese deity)
................Wikipedia (2000-) "Sui-ō," accessed 24 July 2020, "Suijin,"
Suiu (Japanese deity)
................Wikipedia (2000-) "Suiu," accessed 24 July 2020, "Suijin,"
水王 (Japanese deity)
................Wikipedia (2000-) "水王," accessed 24 July 2020, "Suijin,"
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-) accessed 24 July 2020, "Suiten (the Water Deity), from a set of the Twelve Devas (Jûniten),"
................ Virtual Collection of Asian Masterpieces [online] (2013) accessed 24 July 2020, "Tenkawa Mandara 天河曼陀羅; Benzaiten 弁財天 and other gods,"
................ University of Michigan Museum of Art [online] (2020) accessed 24 July 2020, "Suiten kyo (Sutra of Varuna, Deity of the Waters),"
................ Source for image https://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1136192/preview ; accessed 24 July 2020
................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 24 July 2020, "The Suijin Temple Grove, Uchikawa, and the Village of Sekiya,"

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