Carving the Buddhaalpha 日本語
Standing Eleven-headed Kannon

Standing Eleven-headed Kannon十一面観音立像

Sculptor unknown

Bosatsu (Bodhisattva)

Date
early Heian period, 9th century
Location
Treasure hall, Muro-ji, Uda, Nara Map
Designation
National Treasure
Material
Wood (single block of kaya)
Dimensions
H. 195.1 cm

About the photograph

License
Public domain
Photograph
Domon Ken / Kitagawa Momoo / Miller, Roy Andrew
Source
The Muro-ji, an eighth century Japanese temple: its art and history (Tokyo: Biju

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Facts drawn from: 室生寺 (Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

No English title is published by the holder; a conventional English rendering is used here.

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