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Buddhist statue modeled after Hakuho

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Mongolian grand sumo champion Hakuho poses in front of a Buddhist statue of heavenly king ''Komokuten'' at Rengein Tanjoji, a temple in the city of Tamana in Kumamoto prefecture, on Nov. 3, 2010.

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The Nitenmon Gate,Taiyuin Shrine,Nikko

Nitenmon is located beyond Niomon in the precincts of Taiyuin, the mausoleum of third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. A plaque inscribed with the word Taiyuin by Emperor Gomizunoo is affixed to the upper part of the gate. Two of the four celestial guardians, Jikokuten and Komokuten, are enshrined at the front part of the gate while the other two, Fujin and Raijin, were placed on the back . This is the largest gate at Nikko-Sannai.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number88‐21‐0]

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The Nitenmon Gate,Taiyuin Shrine,Nikko

Nitenmon is located beyond Niomon in the precincts of Taiyuin, the mausoleum of third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. A plaque inscribed with the word Taiyuin by Emperor Gomizunoo is affixed to the upper part of the gate. Two of the four celestial guardians, Jikokuten and Komokuten, are enshrined at the front part of the gate while the other two, Fujin and Raijin, were placed on the back . This is the largest gate at Nikko-Sannai.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number87‐22‐0]

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The Nitenmon Gate,Taiyuin Shrine,Nikko

Nitenmon is located beyond Niomon in the precincts of Taiyuin, the mausoleum of third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. A plaque inscribed with the word Taiyuin by Emperor Gomizunoo is affixed to the upper part of the gate. Two of the four celestial guardians, Jikokuten and Komokuten, are enshrined at the front part of the gate while the other two, Fujin and Raijin, were placed on the back . This is the largest gate at Nikko-Sannai.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number80‐47‐0]

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The Nitenmon Gate,Taiyuin Shrine,Nikko

Nitenmon is located beyond Niomon in the precincts of Taiyuin, the mausoleum of third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. A plaque inscribed with the word Taiyuin by Emperor Gomizunoo is affixed to the upper part of the gate. Two of the four celestial guardians, Jikokuten and Komokuten, are enshrined at the front part of the gate while the other two, Fujin and Raijin, were placed on the back . This is the largest gate at Nikko-Sannai.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number61‐22‐0]

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The Nitenmon Gate,Taiyuin Shrine,Nikko

Up the left steps of the Daiyuin, which is the tomb place of the Shogun Iemitsu Tokugawa is the Nitenmon. A panel with an autograph of the Emperor Gosuio hangs to the upper part in the front, and the two Gods of Jikokuten and Komokuten are placed on both sides in the shelves.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number37‐62‐0]

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The Nitenmon Gate,Taiyuin Shrine,Nikko

View through the front gate of the Daiyuin, which is the tomb of Tokugawa Iemitsu, wiht the Niten Gate above the steps to the left. A panel board with calligraphy by Emperor Gosuio hangs in the front, and Jikokufu and Komokuten are enshrined in the fence to the right and left.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number26‐41‐0]

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Thunder god of nitenmon gate at nikko daishuin temple

The Niten Gate of Daiyuin enshrining the tomb of the Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu has a Jikokuten and a Komokuten to the right and left in the front and deities of the wind and thunder at the back. The deity of thunder is painted red, and the deity of wind green.The two are guardians against disaster and misfortune. The expression of the thunder deity boiling with rage is impressive.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number8‐25‐0]

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Buddhist statue modeled after Hakuho

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Mongolian grand sumo champion Hakuho poses in front of a Buddhist statue of heavenly king ''Komokuten'' at Rengein Tanjoji, a temple in the city of Tamana in Kumamoto prefecture, on Nov. 3, 2010. (Kyodo)