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  2. Komainu - Wikipedia

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    A pair of komainu, the "a" on the right, the "um" on the left. Komainu (狛犬), often called lion-dogs in English, are statue pairs of lion-like creatures, which traditionally guard the entrance or gate of the shrine, or placed in front of or within the honden (inner sanctum) of Japanese Shinto shrines.

  3. Nishinomiya Shrine - Wikipedia

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    Nishinomiya Shrine's biggest festival "Tokaebisu" Homepage (in Japanese, one of lecturer of Kitakyushu College of Technology wrote) Thesis of Historical transition of TOKA-EBISU "Open Gate" Ceremony in Nishinomiya Shinto shrine (in English, Hironori Arakawa, Associate Professor of National Institute of Technology, Akashi College wrote)

  4. Usuki Stone Buddhas - Wikipedia

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    Constructing Buddha statues out of stone is widely practiced in Buddhist areas in Asia. These images can be divided into three broad types: Magaibutsu (磨崖仏, literally "polished-cliff Buddha"), bas-relief images carved directly into a cliff face, movable independent stone Buddhas carved from cut stone, and Buddhas carved inside rock caves, The Usuki images can be classed as Magaibutsu.

  5. List of National Treasures of Japan (archaeological materials)

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    The Japanese definition for the period of prehistory characterized by the use of pottery is Jōmon (縄文, lit. cord-patterned) and refers to the entire period (c. 10,500 to 300 BC). [18] Pottery techniques reached their apogee during the Middle Jōmon period with the emergence of fire-flame pottery created by sculpting and carving coils of ...

  6. List of National Treasures of Japan (sculptures) - Wikipedia

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    Wooden sculptures were often lacquered or covered with gold-leaf. The smallest statue measures around 10 centimetres (3.9 in), whereas the Great Buddhas of Nara and Kamakura are about 13 metres (43 ft) and 15 metres (49 ft) high. The objects on the list are located in Buddhist temples, or in museums associated with temples.

  7. Glossary of Japanese Buddhism - Wikipedia

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    agyō* (阿形) – A type of statue (of a Niō, komainu, etc.) with its mouth open to pronounce the sound "a", first letter of the Sanskrit alphabet and symbol of the beginning of all things. [1] See also ungyō. Amida Nyorai (阿弥陀如来) – Japanese name of Amitabha, deity worshiped mainly by the Pure Land sect. [2] Anjitsu/Anshitsu ...

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  9. Daihisan Stone Buddhas - Wikipedia

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    The Daihisan Stone Buddhas (大悲山の石仏, Daihisan no sekibutsu) are a group of large religious statues carved in bas-relief into a tuff cliff in Odaka neighborhood of the city of Minamisōma, Fukushima Prefecture in the Tōhoku region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1930. [1]

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