![Nitten, the Sun Deity [one of a set of Twelve Devas]](https://1.api.artsmia.org/800/10347.jpg)
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Nitten, the Sun Deity [one of a set of Twelve Devas]
Japan
- Date
- 14th-15th century
- Medium
- Hanging scroll, ink, color, gold, and cut gold leaf (kirikane) on silk
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Nitten is the Sun Deity and serves in Buddhism in the same capacity. Nitten holds a solar disc in his right hand within which is a three-legged rooster, believed to inhabit the sun. Japan, Asia
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