Fabulous Stone Shoumen Kongou Statue
Shoumen Kongou
A deity who protects against diseases believed to be caused by demons. Shoumen Kongou often appears as an angry deity with a blue body and four arms. He carries a three-pronged kongousho in his upper right hand, a staff shakujou in his lower right hand, a wheel rinpou in his upper left hand, and a noose kensaku in his lower left hand. These various implements are symbolic within Esoteric Buddhism.
