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A painted portrait of the Tendai monk Enchin (円珍) (814-891) dating to the Kamakura period (1185-1333), among many other accomplishments known for establishing Miidera Temple (三井寺) in Ōtsu, present-day Shiga Prefecture, as a key center of Tendai Buddhism independent of Mount Hiei

Color on silk, from the collection of Konzōji Temple (金倉寺) in Zentsūji City, Kagawa Prefecture