The Amida would arrive either accompanied by two bodhisattva, making it a triad depiction, or with a large retinue that also includes musicians playing celestial music accompanying the Buddha.

Raigo. Raigo (雷 （ らい ） 迎 （ ごう ）, Raigō?, literally meaning "Thunder Welcome"): One of Enel's strongest techniques, possible after Deathpiea has been invoked. Enel shapes a vast quantity of prior-made thunderclouds into one giant, …

Other articles where raigō is discussed: Japanese art: Amidism: This image of the Amida Buddha and attendants descending from the heavens to greet the soul of the dying believer is called a raigōzu (Descent of Amida painting). The theme would later be developed during the Kamakura period as an immensely popular icon, but it saw its first powerful…

The Phoenix Hall of Byōdō-in, which is seen as a model of what the Pure Land looks like. [8]Raigō paintings, in addition to depicting Amida, the Bodhisattvas, and the deceased, would also utilize local landscapes from which the painting is dedicated, as well as temple complex it is on.

The name "tesso" is a name given by Toriyama Sekien in the Edo period collection of yōkai pictures, the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō, [4] and this yōkai can also be called the Raigo-derived name Raigō-nezumi (頼豪鼠) as from the Enkyōhon (延慶本, alternatively read Enkeihon), a yomihon version of the Heike Monogatari, [5] or Mii-dera-nezumi ...

Raigo (1002 - 1084) was a Japanese monk of the Tendai sect in the mid Heian period.

Such raigo paintings depict the scene in which Amida (Sanskrit: Amitabha) and his attendants descend from heaven to take a believer back to the Western Paradise on a lotus throne. The scrolls were often hung by the bedside of the dying to ensure the prospect of rebirth in paradise.

2013年4月9日 · That is the story of the Emperor Shirakawa, his son Prince Taruhito, and the Abbot of Miidera temple Raigo—better known as Tesso, the Iron Rat; or more simply as Raigo the Rat. What Does Tesso Mean?

The Juhakka-in on Mt. Koya has a triptych showing a typical raigo. A raigo is a depiction of Amida Buddha and his host of attendants descending in welcoming and guiding the dying to the Pure Land.

Nothing could stop Tesso and the army of rats until finally a shrine was built to appease Raigō’s spirit, and Raigō’s shrine still stands today. An interesting footnote to the story: while Buddhist buildings are typically built facing the east, Raigo’s shrine is built facing the north.