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A woman kneels with a lotus plant in her hand looking over at a snake rearing beside her; the woman wears a black nun's robe over her kimono and a large lotus leaf forms a halo around her head. The background of the print is delicately shaded from blue at the top to green at the bottom. Back to back print. The Princess Chujohime (753-781), daughter of the Minister of the Right Fujiwara Toyonari (704-765), is drawing a thread from the stem of a lotus plant. She will use this to weave a mandala for the Buddhist temple of Taimadera. This cosmic diagram was considered to have magical powers and was effective in calming the wrathful spirit of Chujohime's stepmother. Living at a time of political turmoil (her father was forced into exile), the Princess was considered a person of great virtue and courage and a model daughter for later generations to emulate.
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