In the context of this artwork, analyze the Unification with Vajrasattva of the Content.
Emperor Godaigo in the figure, holding in his right hand a Vajra (Kongo-sho, symbol of overcoming Vexations), with a vajra bell in his left hand (kongourei, a Buddhist tool to attract the attention of the nobles and make them happy) in his hand. In this image, the five-pronged pestle and five-pronged bell are used to represent the Five Wisdoms and Five Buddhas (the five kinds of wisdom of Dainichi Buddha). He is also seated on a seat covered with eight-leafed lotus flowers (the lotus on which Vairocana is seated in the pattern "Temple World").
This composition with a vajra in the right hand, a vajra bell in the left hand, and an eight-leaf lotus flower underneath is the same as Vajrasattva . Vajrasattva is a Bodhisattva (a pre-Buddhist practitioner), meaning "one who is as firm and courageous as Vajrasattva (the unbreakable stone)", and a Dainichi Buddha (the truth of the universe itself, Buddha (title), the second founder of Shingon Buddhism after Vairocana and, according to the Honji Suijaku theory, the home of Amaterasu, the ancestor god of the Emperor of Japan. As an intermediary between Buddha and human beings, he is said to be responsible for conveying the teachings of Dainichi Buddha to the human world, and is "a being who is both Buddha and not Buddha, and a person and not a person.
In the course of the practice of Yugioh, one sees oneself as being the same as a Buddha or a bodhisattva (Yugioh Kancho Iki). .The Yu Gion Sutra is the most secret scripture of Shingon Esoteric Buddhism, and the Myoo depicted based on the Yu Gion Sutra is Rāgarāja . Aizenmyoo was also the most revered statue of Emperor Go-Daigo . Since Aizenmyoo is an incarnation of Kongosattva, Keiichi Uchida suggests that this work may also be a depiction of Emperor Go-Daigo's worship of Aizenmyoo .
Amaterasu Rāgarāja Buddhism Vexations Emperor of Japan Vairocana Emperor Esoteric Buddhism Vajra Dainichi Buddha Emperor Go-Daigo vajra bodhisattva Temple World Bodhisattva Shingon Buddhism Vajrasattva left Five Wisdoms and Five Buddhas Buddha (title) Honji Suijaku theory