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Showing posts with label sekibutsu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sekibutsu. Show all posts
Saturday, August 10, 2024

Altars at Udono Cliff Carvings

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 The Udono Sekibutsu are a set of almost 60 Buddhist relief carvings in the cliffs and caves near Ochi in Saga. In the medieval period there...
Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Udono Sekibutsu Cliff Carvings

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  Sekibutsu, literally "stone Buddhas" are usually statues, but these are  reliefs carved into stone surfaces, and such are techni...
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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...
Sunday, September 24, 2017

Sugao Stone Buddhas

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Sugao, on the banks of the Ono River a little downstream from Bungo Ono is home to a small set of relief carved Buddhist statues. There ...
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Saturday, September 16, 2017

Kyushu Pilgrimage Day 13 Bungo Ono to Usuki

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Friday, February 22nd, 2013, my 13th day walking around Kyushu and my route takes me pretty much downhill back to the coast at Usuki. Th...
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