Giant statue of ancient Buddhist monk in southwest Japan cleansed ahead of spring festival
One of the country's largest statues of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835), posthumously called Kobo Daishi, at Imayama Daishi ...
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Young artisans revive ancient wooden Buddha statues
The trio in their 30s ― Naka Ai, Imura Kasumi, and Morisaki Reiko, ― make up Sanjoudou, a wooden Buddha restoration workshop. They set it up seven years ago to help protect Japan's cultural ...
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Easy Japanese news in translation: Huge statue cleaned at temple in Miyazaki Pref.
A "great bathing" event to clean one of the largest bronze statues of Kobo Daishi in Japan was held at Imayama Daishi temple in the city of Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture, on March 26. The statue is ...
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Japanese duo spruce up world's tallest bronze Buddha
USHIKU: Emerging from the head of the world's tallest bronze Buddha and climbing down to its right ear, two specialist cleaners gave the imposing Japanese statue an annual spruce up Monday (Sept 9 ...
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Cleaning crew spruces up giant Buddha
Emerging from the head of the world’s tallest bronze Buddha and climbing down to its right ear, two specialist cleaners gave the imposing Japanese statue an annual spruce-up to help it look its ...