Warabino Five Hundred Arhats
Main Image Stone Figures of the Sixteen Arhats and Other Arhats Category Other
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DescriptionThis group of stone arhat figures stands in the rural landscape of Warabino, in the Ochi area of Karatsu. According to tradition, in 1789 a local devotee named Denzaemon dreamed that Kobo Daishi instructed him to commission images of the Sixteen Arhats for the prosperity of the land and the well-being of its people. He entrusted the work to stonemason Hirakawa Yoemon. Further arhat images were subsequently dedicated, leaving numerous figures among the surrounding greenery. The open-air site can be visited freely and lies near Warabino's terraced rice fields.
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