Standing statue of Senju #Kannon, Daigo-ji, #Japan. In the #Heian period, it was believed that Senju #Kannon saved many people with his thousand hands.
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Nyoirin #Kannon, late 13th-early 14th century, #Japan.
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Eleven-faced #Kannon Statue, Joko-ji, #Japan.
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Sho #Kannon #Bodhisattva Standing Statue, Raigo-ji, Shiga, #Japan, 9th century. According to temple legend, it was floated on the lake from Shoju Raigoji Temple. It has thick lips and long slit eyes, reminiscent of African statues. It is also characteristic that the crown on the head is long. The water bottle is also from that time and is very rare.
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A painted image of Thousand-Armed #Kannon #Bodhisattva (千手観音菩薩) by Tenjin Hoshin'nō (天真法親王), 1689. Hanging scroll in the collection of Rinnōäji (輪王寺) in Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, #Japan.
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#Amida #Nyorai, #buddha of the Western #PureLand paradise, along with his ever trusty assistants #Kannon #Bodhisattva and #Seishi Bodhisattva, at Shōraku-ji, a small edifice recently restored from extensive rain damage in a residential neighborhood of Rittō City, Shiga Prefecture, #Japan.
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Sitting statue of Thousand Hands #Kannon (Geji-ji, #Japan).
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Wooden #Kannon #Bodhisattva statue, Fumon-ji, #Japan.
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Eleven-faced #Kannon statue, Hokongo-in, #Kyoto, #Japan, #Kamakura period. Statue height 70cm. Parquet construction. It is said to have been built by Inkichi, a #Buddhist sculptor of the Into school. The flesh is decorated with gold paint, and the clothes are painted and decorated with cut gold patterns. A four-armed statue holding a staff, a lotus flower, a rosary, and a water bottle in its four hands.
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Nyoirin #Kannon statue, Daigo-ji, #Japan.
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Wooden Senju #Kannon statue, Mayaka-ji, Mikkabicho, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Jaoan.
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Wooden Senju #Kannon and #Buddha statue, Mayaka-ji, Mikkabicho, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Jaoan.
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Seated statue of Senju #Kannon #Bodhisattva, enshrined in the inner sanctum of the Daishi Hall of Aoyagiyama Ryuzo-ji, #Japan.
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Eleven-faced #Kannon statue, #Kannon-do, Wakayama/Nakui, #Japan, #Heian period. Total height 176cm. A single wooden structure made of cypress. There are traces of base and gold leaf on the crown dais, armpits, and arms. Vermillion on the lips. In 1981, the #Buddha statue and belongings were repaired. Only part of the lotus flesh remains on the pedestal, and the lower part has been cut off.
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The Enmei Jikku #Kannon Gyo chant, #Buddhist ten-phrase longevity sutra, by #shodō artist Hiyoshimaru (2013).

Day trip to Takasaki (Part 2)

Yesterday, we went to Takasaki, the largest city in Gunma Prefecture. Here is a set of unprocessed, out-of-camera photos from our second stop, the Takasaki Byakue Daikannon. This Kannon statue was built in 1936, and is 41.8m tall.

1. Souvenir shops along the approach road
2. Peek-a-boo
3. Up close
4. Profiles of the statue and of its builder, Yasusaburo Inoue.

“Usagi #Kannon II" (2013/14) by Leiko Ikemura, standing in the foyer of the #Museum of #EastAsian #Art #Cologne (https://museum-fuer-ostasiatische-kunst.de/Museum). You can check the artist's website, she has done a series of this sculptures: https://leiko.info/works/sculpture/usagi-kannon/
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Gotokuji Temple: Tokyo's Maneki Neko 'Lucky Cat' Temple

I was familar with the Maneki Neko cat figurines but I didn't realise they are representations of a cat that was deified as "Fortune Inviting Kannon"

The line between a God and Bodhisattva seems to be a very fluid one.

https://livejapan.com/en/in-tokyo/in-pref-tokyo/in-shimokitazawa/article-a0001417/