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title: Four Gods of Mount Koya
author: James Blake Wiener
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6642/four-gods-of-mount-koya/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
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# Four Gods of Mount Koya
_Authored by James Blake Wiener_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6642.jpg)
## Image Caption
A painted [silk](https://www.worldhistory.org/Silk/) scroll depicting the four gods of [Mount Koya](https://www.worldhistory.org/Mount_Koya/). 16th century CE. (Tokyo National Museum)
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## Cite This Work
### APA
Wiener, J. B. (2017, May 12). Four Gods of Mount Koya. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Wiener, James Blake. "Four Gods of Mount Koya." *World History Encyclopedia*, May 12, 2017. .
### MLA
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