CATALOGUE 184. A Noble's Villa: Fuji at Sunamura, by Katsushika Hokusai. (Smith 1998:70-71).<

Three fishermen cast their poles into the water next to a religious structure. A bow of a boat has been upended and planted into the earth, and houses a gnarled piece of wood. The placard reads “Immoveable Lord (Fudō-Myō) that Appeared From the Water” 水中出現不動明王 . Fudō-Myō is a Buddhist deity said to personify the desire to destroy evil (Frederic 1995:203). It is likely that the statue is driftwood or other flotsam that resembled other statues of the deity and was rescued from the water and enshrined. It is unclear whether the boat-shrine was purpose-built or if an older, retired vessel was reused.


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