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... statues showing a close similari- ty in style to these attendant figures are referred to collec- tively as the Tori style . A typical example of this style is a wooden statue of a standing Kanzeon Bosatsu ( Avaloki- teśvara ) ...
... statues showing a close similari- ty in style to these attendant figures are referred to collec- tively as the Tori style . A typical example of this style is a wooden statue of a standing Kanzeon Bosatsu ( Avaloki- teśvara ) ...
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... Statues arranged in buildings followed the same concept as the mandaras . The interiors of temples of esoteric Buddhism thus were quite different in form and atmosphere from those of exoteric temples . There is no existing piece of ...
... Statues arranged in buildings followed the same concept as the mandaras . The interiors of temples of esoteric Buddhism thus were quite different in form and atmosphere from those of exoteric temples . There is no existing piece of ...
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... statue of the priest Kōya ( now more popularly known as Kūya ) at the Rokuharamitsu - ji in Kyoto , carved by Kōshō ( died 1237 ) , the fourth son of Unkei , shows the same realism as statues of the laity . This true- to - life ...
... statue of the priest Kōya ( now more popularly known as Kūya ) at the Rokuharamitsu - ji in Kyoto , carved by Kōshō ( died 1237 ) , the fourth son of Unkei , shows the same realism as statues of the laity . This true- to - life ...
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