Buddhist Art on Nostr: #Amida Nyorai Statue, Saisho-ji, Shiga Prefecture, #Japan. The temple was founded in ...

#Amida Nyorai Statue, Saisho-ji, Shiga Prefecture, #Japan. The temple was founded in 1494 by Shinmori, the founder of the Tendai Shinmori sect. The statue is made of #Japanese cypress wood with a jeweled eye inlay. A colophon inside the statue reveals that it was created in 1203. During the heyday of the Kei school, it became the antithesis and standard work of #Kyoto #Buddhist sculptors.
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