2017 - Japan - Kyoto - Sanjusangendo Temple - 7 of 7

            Photography inside Sanjusangendo Temple is not permitted.  So, I bought a postcard and shot a crappy copy.

From kyoto.travel:
Sanjusangen-do Temple is one of the most impressive assemblies of statues in the world. The main image is of a seated Kannon bodhisattva, a masterpiece attributed to the sculptor Tankei, and one that is deemed a national treasure in Japan. Kannon is the bodhisattva of compassion, and the statue's peaceful, benevolent countenance conveys this state clearly and movingly.

The effect is multiplied by the 1001 standing statues of Kannon  filling the rest of the hall. Like soldiers of compassion they stand, flanking the main image in fifty columns, each ten rows deep. Graceful statues carved out of cypress and covered with gold leaf, each has over twenty pairs of arms and is responsible for saving many worlds. 

One hundred and twenty-four of  statues, saved from the fire that claimed the original temple in 1249, date from the temple's founding in 1164. The remaining statues date from the 13th century.

There are also 28 statues of guardian deities with intense expressions and impressive detail. Overall, Sanjusangen-do Temple is a place for one to marvel at the beauty of Japanese Buddhist sculpture and surrender to the compassionate gaze of all those pairs of eyes

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Taken in: 日本 / 京都府 / 京都市 (show map)

Taken on: April 14, 2017

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