Nakano Kannon Hall
Main Image Wooden Standing Thousand-Armed Kannon Bosatsu and Three Other Images (with One Additional Wooden Bosatsu) Category Bosatsu (Bodhisattva)
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DescriptionNakano Kannon Hall preserves five Heian-period Buddhist images centered on a wooden standing Thousand-Armed Kannon Bosatsu. Four figures are designated together as a Shizuoka Prefectural Tangible Cultural Property, with one additional wooden Bodhisattva included as an associated object. The Thousand-Armed Kannon Bosatsu is 114 cm high, while the other Bodhisattva figures range from 82 to 114 cm. All are carved from single blocks of coniferous wood with carved eyes and no internal hollowing; even the hands and parts of the heavenly scarves are cut from the same blocks, preserving an archaic technique. Their strongly modeled thighs and substantial chests and abdomens indicate a date from the late 10th to early 11th century, in the middle Heian period. Long protected by the local community in mountainous Ikawa, the principal Thousand-Armed Kannon Bosatsu is unveiled once a year on January 6.
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