![Nitten, the Sun Deity [one of a set of Twelve Devas]](https://1.api.artsmia.org/10347.jpg)
Nitten, the Sun Deity [one of a set of Twelve Devas]
- Medium
- Hanging scroll, ink, color, gold, and cut gold leaf (kirikane) on silk
- Dimensions
- 38 x 15 1/2 in. (96.52 x 39.37 cm)
- Genre
- Paintings
Tags
Japan
About
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.
![Netsuke [cluster of biwa]](https://1.api.artsmia.org/30490.jpg)
![Netsuke [Actor with Fox Mask]](https://1.api.artsmia.org/31605.jpg)
