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Benten on a rock by the sea
Door panel depicting Buddhist apsara playing music
A Buddhist procession of three musicians and one dancer
Welcoming Descent of the Buddha of Infinite Light and Twenty-Five Bodhisattvas
Buddhist circlet for the head of a divinity
Door panel depicting Buddhist apsara playing a zither
Door panel depicting Buddhist apsara playing a flute
Door panel depicting Buddhist apsara playing the biwa (lute)
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