Imura and Morisaki promptly agreed. Naka Ai carves a replacement halo for a Buddha statue. They called their venture Sanjoudou, which in Japanese means "combining the power of three" and based ...

Nara was the capital of Japan from 710 to 784. During this period the framework of national government was consolidated and Nara enjoyed great prosperity, emerging as the fountainhead of Japanese ...

the museum's chief researcher who specializes in the history of sculptures in Japan, headed the research. He noted it was possible the miniature Buddha was a “nenjibutsu,” or small statue of ...

Wonderful statues around the world are far more than those little snowmen and mermaids you made in your childhood. These ...

Contemporary Japanese readers of the haiku will tend to imagine the many statues of Buddha in the city’s ... with a waka by Saichō, the ancient founder of Tendai Buddhism: Anokutara / sanmyaku ...

The infant she holds is said to be 15 meters long, the same height as the famous Great Buddha statue at Todaiji Temple in the ancient capital ... a safety problem. Japan's building code requires ...

The Buddha statues at Horyuji Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site in the ancient capital of Nara in western Japan, have received their annual year-end cleaning. Ten monks entered the temple's ...

HIROSHIMA--A large, ancient statue of Buddha, displayed near ground zero soon after the atomic bombing to provide emotional support for survivors, is finally coming home after disappearing for ...

These images Professor Perera states led to the ideas pertaining to the turning out of colossal statues of the Buddha in Sri Lanka. The first attempt was the carving of the Avukana Buddha Image in the ...

The stones once belonged to a seven-headed serpent-like statue found with a Buddha in the temple ... detector finds bangle — then discovers ancient hoard in Denmark →Hidden corridor beneath ...