Based on a mural painting of a bosatsu sitting with one leg pendant from Hōryū-ji Temple’s main hall that was destroyed in a fire, this image has been entitled Lotus Miroku. Resurrected as a tapestry, the threads of devotion for Kannon and Miroku, who have been complexly interconnected as Buddhism was transmitted from India to Japan, are brought together in this piece.

Miroku here holds in the left hand a fully bloomed lotus with a stupa resting on it.