The attendant Seitaka Doji

According to legend, a priest named Ryushu Shutaku who lived in the 1300s was outside in a strong wind one day when a piece of paper blew toward him. He caught it and found it to bear a depiction of a messenger of the Buddhist deity Fudo Myoo. With that, the priest began to paint images of the deity and his two attendants as an act of pious devotion for more than twenty years to follow. In his late years, Shutaku was aided in his painting
production by his senior disciple Chuan Bonshi. The disciple continued the devotional practice of painting triptychs of Fudo Myoo and two attendants even after his master's death. This painting of Fudo's attendant Seitaka Doji is part of one such set of three paintings and is nearly identical to other known examples by Bonshi in museum and temple collections. The inscription is dated 1425.