Statue of Kannon in the deity's temple in Osaka (Osacca), Japan. The god is depicted swallowed by a fish holding a sceptre, flower and ring. Another figure of a man standing in a nautilus shell. On the altar, four idols with fountains flowing from their clasped hands. Bodhisattva of Compassion, attendant of Amida Buddha (Amitabha). Canon, Divinite du Japon. Copperplate engraving by David Herrliberguer after an illustration by Bernard Picard from Les Ceremonies Religieuses de Tous les Peuples du Monde, Religious Ceremonies of All the Peoples of the World, Chez David Herrliberguer, Zurich, 1750.

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