Hoseiji Temple (Sasu Kannon Hall)
Main Image Standing Wooden Senju Kannon and Fifteen Wooden Buddhist Images Category Bodhisattva / Tathagata / Deva / Other
Impression TagsNobilityDepthSolemnity
DescriptionAt Hoseiji's Kannon Hall in the Sasu district on Tsushima's western coast, a 170 cm-tall standing wooden Senju Kannon is preserved alongside fifteen other Buddhist wooden figures dating to the Heian period. The Kannon has forty-two arms and was carved from a single piece of cypress for the core of the head and body, then split, hollowed and rejoined. It is thought to date to around the early twelfth century. The Kannon was designated a Nagasaki Prefectural Tangible Cultural Property in 1988, and the group of fifteen figures received the same status in 1973. The figures were moved here from a Kannon hall in Tsuruno in 1888 and include Jizo Bodhisattva, Buddhas, Brahma, and a monk-form Manjushri. The Tsushima Tourism Association confirms that visitors can view the statues through wooden latticework.
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