Fudō Myōō and Two Attendants

Ryūshū Shūtaku (Myōtaku)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vertical rectangular painting of a black deity figure with a large halo behind his head. The figure has a prominent facial expression and is adorned with a necklace and several bracelets. He wears a white and orange sash across his chest and around his waist. The figure holds a sword in his right hand and a rope in his left. He stands on a tiered brown platform with his toes curled over the edge. His feet are adorned with gold bands. A white cloth drapes over his left shoulder and behind him is a red and white patterned fabric. The painting has a brown background with a red and gold border. The border consists of a thin red line on either side of a thicker gold line. The artwork is signed in the bottom right corner.