Gilded lacquered wood statuette depicting Anryugyô Bosatsu, Japan, Edo period, 19th century The deity is depicted standing with hands clasped, body tilted slightly forward, on an inverted double-lotus pedestal, itself attached to a classical multi-level hexagonal pedestal decorated with stylized foliage, foliage and clouds. On the back, an openwork mandorla is attached to the base. On the back, an inscription in black ink identifies the deity: 安立行, Anryūgyō. Total height: 70 cm Mandorla broken, missing, repairs. Anryugyo (Skt Supratishthitacharitra) is one of the four great bodhisattvas who lead the Earth bodhisattvas. He appears in the Yujutsu (fifteenth) chapter of the Lotus Sutra. According to Tao-hsien's Hokke Mongu Fusho Ki, the four bodhisattvas represent the Buddha's four virtues: true self, eternity, purity and happiness. The bodhisattva Anryugyo represents happiness. The other three are: Jōgyō 上行, Muhen Gyō 無辺行 and Jōgyō 浄行.