Kuyama Kannon Hall (Inner Sanctuary of Choshoji)
Main Image Thirty-Three Stone Images of Kannon Bosatsu Category Bosatsu (Bodhisattva)
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DescriptionKuyama Kannon Hall stands in the wooded hills of Ushizu as an inner sanctuary of Choshoji Temple. Its thirty-three stone images portray the forms in which Kannon Bodhisattva appears to save living beings. Inscriptions on fourteen of the figures date chiefly from 1696 to 1702, and local Togawa stonemasons, including Hirakawa Tokubei and Hirakawa Yoshiemon, are associated with their production. The expressive faces and finely rendered drapery recall wooden Buddhist sculpture. The group of thirty-three images is designated an Important Cultural Property by Ogi City.
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