Princess Chūjō
中将姫
Person · 753 – 781 · depicted
Legendary daughter of the statesman Fujiwara no Toyonari (704–765) and devout follower of Amida: a nun at Taimadera from the age of ten, she wove the Taima Mandara in one night from lotus threads, helped by Kannon and Amida in disguise. 1 Mason 2005, p. 207. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005.