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Benten playing a biwa, copy of a painting by Yoshinobu, 17th century; in the Museum für Völkerkunde, Vienna

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Benten playing a biwa, copy of a painting by Yoshinobu, 17th century; in the Museum für Völkerkunde, Vienna

Benten playing a biwa, copy of a painting by Yoshinobu, 17th century; in...

Courtesy of the Museum für Völkerkunde, Vienna

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Bentendo pavilion at Daigo-ji, a Shingon temple, Kyōto, Japan.

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