2018年9月28日 · Now, 1,200 stone statues depicting Buddha’s disciples fill the space. They spill down the hillside and line the paths like peaceful, moss-covered guardians.

Many stone statues were started to be made there at Kamakura era, 700 years ago. It was to offer Safe journey by making one of the Buddhism God, Ksiti Gharbha, Japanese name ZIZO Bosatsu, who is in charge of the difficulties and grieves of human being life.

These artistic, precious stone Buddha statues are known as the Cliff-carved Buddhas of the East, in contrast with Usuki Stone Buddhas of the West (Oita Prefecture). Nationally-designated Place of Scenic Beauty on par with Kegon Falls in Nikko

2016年8月18日 · The Usuki Stone Buddhas (magaibutsu) are a collection of ancient Buddhist statues that are carved directly into exposed rock, in Usuki, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu.

2025年1月28日 · Double the size of a normal human skull, the ancient marble head was likely part of a larger-than-life statue that loomed over a public space or building. Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities

The Lapis Niger (Latin, "Black Stone") is an ancient shrine in the Roman Forum. Together with the associated Vulcanal (a sanctuary to Vulcan ) it constitutes the only surviving remnants of the old Comitium , an early assembly area that preceded the Forum and is thought to derive from an archaic cult site of the 7th or 8th century BC.

2013年10月17日 · Otagi Nenbutsu-Ji is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan that features over 1,200 stone figures representing Rakan, or disciples of Shaka (the founder of Buddhism), that were mostly carved by amateurs from across the country under …

Komainu (狛犬), often called lion-dogs in English, are statue pairs of lion-like creatures, which traditionally guard the entrance or gate of the shrine, or placed in front of or within the honden (inner sanctum) of Japanese Shinto shrines.

2017年5月10日 · In a shrine adjacent to the main hall of the Kiyomizu-Dera Temple in Kyoto, nearly 200 small, stone sculptures of the Buddhist deity Jizo wear bibs, placed by grieving parents who have lost...

2017年7月25日 · Statues of foxes can be found all over the grounds, temples, and sub-temples of this beautiful Shinto shrine, from the guardian statues on either side of the gate to a fox-shaped fountain. This is because this ancient shrine is the head shrine of the Shinto deity Inari, the kami (or spirit) related to harvest, rice, tea, and fertility.