A representative of Fukuyama’s cultural promotion division noted that an ink image of Buddha often depicts only one figure, which is stamped repeatedly. To have three figures incorporated into a ...

Japan has a long history ... The widespread production of wooden figures of Kannon, the Buddhist deity of mercy and compassion, suggests that people in the provinces may have followed their own forms ...

A Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva ... it back to Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Nagasaki. In 2023, South Korea's Supreme Court ...

the Great Buddha ('Daibutsu') is one of Japan's most celebrated Buddhist figures. The 40-foot bronze statue, weighing 93 tons, is located in the Kōtoku-in Temple, and was erected in the 12th ...

also known as Kukai), the central figure of the Henro and the founder of the Shingon School of Japanese Buddhism. Priests began visiting Shikoku after his death, followed by regular citizens ...

A 57m (187ft) Buddhist statue dedicated to the Goddess of Mercy, Kannon, in central Japan has been draped with a giant face covering. Temple managers in Aizuwakamatsu plan to keep the figure ...

Medieval Japan may call to mind honorable sword-wielding samurai ... The proliferation of temples reflected sincere religious devotion, but the dedication in 1252 of a bronze Buddha figure over 40 ...