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A contemporary printed image of the principal object of worship at Sōjiji Temple (総持寺) in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, Thousand-Armed Kannon Bodhisattva (千手観音菩薩) rather distinctively astride a turtle as per the miracle tale of the temple’s origin, flanked by the hybrid guardian deity Uhō Dōji (雨宝童子) to the left and the dragon king deity Zennyō Ryūō (善女竜王) to the right

Image from a pamphlet available at the temple November 2018 featured in a Livedoor blog entry detailing the temple’s history and layout

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Statues of the two attendants flanking the main image of Eleven-Faced Kannon Bodhisattva (十一面観音菩薩) at Hasedera Temple (長谷寺) in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture

On the left: Uhō Dōji (雨宝童子), one of the eight great boy deities guarding Hase Mountain (初瀬山) as well as a Buddhist manifestation of the sun goddess Amaterasu Ōmikami (天照大御神), as fashioned by the Buddhist sculptor Unshū (運宗) from 1537 to 1544 

On the right: Nanda Ryūō (難陀龍王), one of the eight great dragon kings sometimes also worshipped here as the Deity of Kasuga Shrine (春日明神), as rendered by the Buddhist sculptor Shunkei (舜慶) in 1316

Images from the temple’s official website (see source)

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A 19th-century print of Eleven-Faced Kannon Bodhisattva (十一面観音菩薩) attended by the hybrid deity Uhō Dōji (雨宝童子) and the dragon king Nanda (難陀龍王) at Hasedera Temple (長谷寺) in present-day Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, eighth temple in the Thirty-three Temple Western Pilgrimage Circuit

Woodblock print, ink on paper, with hand-applied color from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (see source)