Standing Eleven-Faced Kannon Bodhisattva
Wood, plain (unpainted) surface, inlaid crystal eyes · Kamakura period · 13th century · Suma-dera, Hyōgo
At a temple on the Genpei battlefields, an 84 cm unpainted wooden Kannon has stood quietly for seven hundred years.
Exhibition: Celebrating 1250 Years Since the Birth of the Great Master Kūkai: Kūkai and the Treasures of Shingon Buddhism — Tokyo National Museum · –