Carving the Buddhaalpha 日本語
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Standing Eleven-headed Kannon (Ekādaśamukha), the Great Kannon十一面観音立像(大観音)

Sculptor unknown

Bosatsu (Bodhisattva)

Location
Nigatsu-dō, Tōdai-ji, Nara Map
Material
Wood

Viewing

An absolutely hidden image (zettai-hibutsu). There is no opening; not even the head priest is said to see it.

  • An absolute hidden image. Even the priests who perform the Shunie rite are not permitted to see it.source: Wikipedia

See the other openings

Facts drawn from: 二月堂 (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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