And lining its lengthy walls is a rare full set of 1,000 wooden statues of Kannon, the Buddhist goddess of mercy. The human-sized statues were carved from Japanese cypress in the 12th and 13th ...

“It is an exhibition dedicated to Buddhist and Shinto art that only the Nara National ... a standing statue of Kannon Bodhisattva (Kudara Kannon) from Horyuji temple; unique-looking statues ...