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The statue appears to have been painted and traces of gold leaf remain. To the left of the main Buddha statue is a statue of Yakushi Nyōrai with a double circular halo, and on the right side is a standing image of Jūichimen Kannon. On the right wall is an image of Nyōirin Kannon and on the right wall are images of Amida Nyōrai and a Senjū ...
Okayama Prefecture's Kōraku-en is a designated Special Place of Scenic Beauty. Monuments (記念物, kinenbutsu) is a collective term used by the Japanese government's Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties to denote Cultural Properties of Japan [note 1] as historic locations such as shell mounds, ancient tombs, sites of palaces, sites of forts or castles, monumental dwelling houses ...
The stone Buddha statues on the east, west, and north sides were restored and placed in roofed niches, but the stone Buddha statue on the south side was placed directly on the ground. [ 2 ] After the excavation by the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties ended in 1986, the northern half was restored and preserved, while the ...
Four statues of Jizo Bosatsu are carved on the west wall, and three statues of Kannon Bosatsu are carved on the east wall. In the center of the cave is a 2 meter-tall stone pillar that is thought to have been built as a multi-tiered pagoda , and is caved with four Buddhas, one on each side.
Present location Image Statues and canopy inside the Golden Hall (Konjiki-dō) (金色堂堂内諸像及天蓋, konjiki-dō dōnai shozō oyobi tengai) [13] 32 statues in the three altars and another seated Amida Nyorai with fragments of a wooden halo-pedestal. The three canopies of the altars are part of the nomination.
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.
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), bas-relief images carved directly into a cliff face, movable independent stone Buddhas carved from cut stone, and cave Buddhas carved inside rock caves, The Takase images can be classed as Magaibutsu.
The Ogatamiyasako East Stone Buddhas (緒方宮迫東石仏, Ogatamiyasako higashi sekibutsu) is a group of religious statues carved in bas-relief into a tuff cliff in Ogata neighborhood of the city of Bungo-Ōno, Ōita Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1934. [1]