A Deva Kings were first adopted into the Buddhist pantheon in China and Japan in the 6th and 7th centuries, where they are venerated as Gose Shitenno 護世四天王, temple guardians and protectors of the world. Among the four, Tamonten is worshiped as a guardian of the Buddhist faith and one of the Seven Lucky Gods in Japan.

A hand-sculpted Meiji era Sumida Gawa statue in flowing glaze, portraying Bishamonten, the Dharmapala of the North, seated on a rock of analogous splash colors, in a warrior stance with a pagoda in hand, wearing a one-horned animal head helmet, in an ornate Chinese blue and white cuirasses armor with taotie belt buckle, wrapped around an olive green robe with blushes of russet. In contrast to the vibrant transparent glaze, the face and hands of Tamonten appear in an unglazed realistic skin tone. The rare okimono is anchored with intensity, virility, and sweeping with force. Sumida Yaki ceased to produce ceramics in the 1920s.