Next to the main image in the Amida Hall at the temple Kōzōji in Miyagi Prefecture stands another statue of roughly the same size and age. Although now badly damaged, the finely proportioned features ...

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"Heaven and Hell in Japanese Art" is an eclectic mix of statues, paintings and tapestries exhibited in the Buddhist wing of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston through May 1, 2011. Most of the pieces on ...

The great Buddhist sculptor Unkei traveled east from Nara to the Kantō region to create this masterpiece. Amida Nyorai, the Buddha of the Western Pure Land, is flanked by two attendant bodhisattvas: ...

Shiramizu Amida-do Temple in Iwaki City is the only national treasure of Fukushima Prefecture. This Buddhist temple from the Heian period is especially enjoyable in summer when the garden is full of ...