Kichijōten originated as the Hindu Goddess Lakshmi. In East Asian Buddhism she is known as one of the Twenty-Four Protective Deities. She is considered the goddess of fortune and prospserity. At zen temples her protection is invoked during morning services through the recitation of the Sho Sai Myo Kichijo Dharani - The Marvelously Beneficial Disaster Preventing Dharani
This figure is crafted in hinoki (Japanese cypress) and produced as a small-scale sculptural reproduction. The design follows a wooden Kissyoten sculpture preserved at Hōkōd-ji, the head temple of the Hōkōdera school within the Rinzai Zen tradition in Shizuoka Prefecture.
Size: 5 in.(H) × 2 in.(W) × 2i n.(D); Weight: 2.2 oz.
Material: Hinoki (Japanese cypress)
