In Silken Painting of Emperor Go-Daigo, how is the Sanja-takusen of the Content elucidated?
On the upper part of the screen, the name of the deity, Sanja-takusen, is written in ink on a strip of white paper and pasted. -In the center is "Amaterasu," on the left is "Kasuga Daimyojin," and on the right is "Hachiman Daibosatsu.According to popular belief, of the three gods, Amaterasu of Ise Grand Shrine represents honesty, Kasuga Daimyojin of Kasuga-taisha represents compassion, and Iwashimizu Hachimangū presides over purity, and the Emperor, Kuge (Fujiwara), Buke (Seiwa Genji), and is the ancestral deity of .From the correspondence with the three lions on the ritual tablet, Kuroda Hideo suggested that the three oracles were not affixed later, but from the beginning. In particular, he focused on the Goddess Amaterasu, and said that since the home (Buddhist body) of Amaterasu is Vairocana, the first founder of Shingon, the fact that Go-Daigo, who imitates the second founder Vajrasattva, is seated under Vairocana suggests that the flow from Vairocana to Vajrasattva and from Amaterasu to Emperor Go-Daigo is the same. With this, it is unclear whether it was the last wish of Godaigo himself, but at least the author, Bunkan, claimed that Godaigo is positioned at the center of royal law, Buddhism, and Shintoism.Takumi Sumitani argued that the three lions of the Sanja oracle and the gap may symbolize the three sacred vessels .Keiichi Uchida speculates as to whether or not these oracles were affixed from the very beginning of the temple's establishment, that they may have been added at some point after the 57th Keiichi Uchida speculates as to whether or not these oracles were affixed from the very beginning of the temple's establishment, that they may have been added at some point after the 57th anniversary of the opening of the temple, when silk was added to the curtain to enhance its spirituality. However, he said he could not be sure because he had not inspected the actual product.Motohiko Toyama says that the oracle was affixed at the time of its establishment . According to Toyama, the strips of oracles represent the three gods themselves, and in the image, they are identified with Emperor Go-Daigo, which may indicate that Go-Daigo was an object of worship equal to the gods and Buddha . And that is why A-shaped lion and Un-shaped lion are depicted on the right and left sides of the lower part of the image, respectively, facing each other . Toyama also pointed out that within the Amida-honoring Tokishu sect, it appears that the Amaterasu in this work was worshipped as Vairocana, the Hachiman-daibosatsu as Amitābha, and the Kasuga-daimyojin as Amida's assistant, the Amitabha snare Kannon  (#Post-formation history).
Yasurō Abe has suggested that it may be related to the esoteric philosophy of "Sanzon Gyoho," which was popularized by Bunkanbo Kōshin . The "Three Noble Truths Act" literally means that three noble entities (Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and other high-ranking beings) are combined to perform the practice (prayer). From a Buddhist philosophical point of view, it is a transcendence of "nonduality" , but from an artistic point of view, it is a creative idea that can be depicted by intertwining three symbols instead of two, thus increasing its depth and breadth  This is the quintessential example of Bunkan's outstanding abilities as both a scholarly monk and a painter . In fact, in his scholarly work, "The Last Notification Law" (Koyasan Kongo Sammaein, deposited in the Koyasan University library), Bunkan speaks of the gods "Amaterasu, Hachiman, and Kasuga" in the context of the Sanzon Gyoho. According to Abe, this work may be one of the greatest achievements of Bunkan, who arrived at the idea of the Tripitaka as an academic monk, and expressed it in painting as a painter.
If we compare the arrangement of the three oracles with that of the same three oracles from the Northern and Southern Dynasties (private collection, exhibited in Nara National Museum, "Shinto-Buddhist Practices"), we can assume that the current one is identical, unchanged from the time of its formation. However, from the appearance of the copy, it appears that at the time of the copy's establishment (March 21, Eishō14 (1517)), the left and right oracles were temporarily switched . As of 2014, the details of whether this was an illusion due to repairs or some other intentional reason, and when the original arrangement was restored, are unknown.
Amaterasu Iwashimizu Hachimangū Buddhism Koyasan Hachiman Buke Ise Grand Shrine Vairocana Kuge Emperor Vajra Eishō A-shaped lion and Un-shaped lion Emperor Go-Daigo Bunkan Bodhisattva Amitābha Po Nara National Museum Vajrasattva left Fujiwara Yasurō Abe Kasuga-taisha Seiwa Genji Koyasan University