Although the attendant figures of Shaka Nyorai (Buddha Shakyamuni) are commonly described as Monju Bosatsu (Manjusri) and Fugen Bosatsu; the attendant figures in this mural painting are unlike Monju and Fugen in their usual iconographic image depiction. |
釈迦如来の脇侍は文殊菩薩・普賢菩薩とする場合が多いが、本図の脇侍菩薩は図像的に文殊・普賢とは思われない。 |