Fudarakusan Nago-ji Temple
Main Image Wooden Standing Thousand-Armed Kannon (Principal Image) Category Bosatsu (Bodhisattva)
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DescriptionNago-ji’s principal image, a wooden standing Thousand-Armed Kannon, is a 149 cm single-block sculpture designated a Tangible Cultural Property by Tateyama City. Even the joined hands and the hands in front of the abdomen are carved from the main body block, while the additional arms are later replacements attached separately. Its long eyebrows and eyes and triangular nose give the face an earthy strength rather than a simply gentle expression, while the complex yet clearly carved drapery lends the figure a weighty presence. Tateyama City describes it as an emblematic example of a provincial Buddhist image from the late Heian period. It is the devotional focus of Nago-ji, the final temple of the Bando 33 Kannon pilgrimage and the first temple of the Awa Kuni-fuda Kannon pilgrimage. Normally enshrined inside its cabinet as a hidden image, it is unveiled in Years of the Ox and Horse; the 2026 Horse-year unveiling was held from March 28 to April 18.
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