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Showing posts with label buddhas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label buddhas. Show all posts
Thursday, October 5, 2017

Usuki Stone Buddhas

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Just outside the old castle town of Usuki in southern Oita are a collection of truly magnificent Buddhist stone carvings known as the Us...
Thursday, June 22, 2017

Stone Buddhas of Oita City

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While not as impressive nor numerous as the stone Buddhas to the south of Oita City in Usuki or to the north in the Kunisaki Penisula, T...
Friday, November 13, 2015

Biggest Reclining Buddha in Japan

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Nehanzo, reclining Buddhas, are the least common pose for statues of Buddha in Japan. At Nanzo-in temple in Sasaguri, Fukuoka, there is ...
Saturday, September 17, 2011

Magaibutsu of Kunisaki

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magaibutsu are buddhist carvings carved directly into cliff faces or rock outcroppings or cave walls rather than carved out of a piece of st...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Buddhas, Jizo, & other statues of Kunisaki 1

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The Kunisaki peninsular is home to an uncountable number of buddhist statues, mostly made of stone. Some are by the roadside, and some are i...
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Sunday, November 1, 2009

Cave of 1000 Buddhas

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The Cave of 1,000 Buddhas is another of the "attractions" at Kosan-Ji on Ikuchijima in Hiroshima Prefecture. One descends into a l...
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