Fujii-dera Temple
Main Image Dry-lacquer Seated Eleven-Faced Thousand-Armed Thousand-Eyed Kannon Category Bosatsu (Bodhisattva)
Impression TagsSolemnityMysteryNobility
DescriptionThe principal image of Fujii-dera Temple's Main Hall, this is a hollow dry-lacquer sculpture from the Nara period, in the Tenpyō era. It bears eleven faces above its head and has 1,041 arms including the hands joined in prayer, with an eye depicted on each palm. It is an exceptionally rare Japanese image of Thousand-Armed Kannon that actually represents more than one thousand arms and is designated a National Treasure. The temple tradition says it was enshrined in 725 by imperial vow of Emperor Shōmu, and it continues to be worshiped as a Kannon for protection from misfortune. It is unveiled in the Main Hall on the 18th of every month.
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