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The table's columns (except for Details and Image) are sortable by pressing the arrow symbols. Name: name of the national treasure as registered in the Database of National Cultural Properties [3] Details: more information about the object such as size and type of items (if the national treasure comprises more than one item)
The largest statue in this list and the largest gilt bronze statue in the world, and the main hall of Tōdai-ji, in which it is located, is the largest wooden structure in the world. [100] Nara period, 752. Head is a recast from the Edo period, hands date to the Momoyama period: Gilded bronze Seated Rushana Buddha: 14.868m
This list is of the Cultural Properties of Japan designated in the category of sculptures (彫刻, chōkoku) for the Urban Prefecture of Kyōto. [ 1 ] National Cultural Properties
The list contains items of various types, such as letters, diaries, records or catalogues, certificates, imperial decrees, testaments and maps. The documents record early Japanese government and Buddhism including early Japanese contact with China, the organization of the state and life at the Japanese imperial court.
Jocho's successors, sculptors of the Kei school of Buddhist statues, created realistic and dynamic statues to suit the tastes of samurai, and Japanese Buddhist sculpture reached its peak. Sculptors Unkei , Kaikei , and Tankei gained renown by replacing temples' Buddha statues that had been lost in wars or fires, such as those at Kofuku-ji .
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Statues in Japan" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 ...
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.
Naval Ensign of Japan: Flag of the Japan Self-Defense Forces and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force: Japan Self-Defense Forces Naval Ensign of Japan: National personification: Amaterasu [citation needed] Amaterasu: National founder: Emperor Jimmu (神武天皇 Jinmu-tennō) Emperor Jimmu: National dish: Sushi, Japanese curry, ramen: Sushi, [3 ...