One of the two guards (Ni-ō) in the Nandai-mon gates (1203).
The statue, built by the sculptors Unkei and Kaikei, is over 8 m tall.
During the restaurations in 1988 they found documents and sutras within the sculptures.

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Mojca Vilfan

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2024, doors, Japan, June, old, statue, temple, town, wood

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