Seated Nyoirin Kannon Bodhisattva
Wood; plain ground · Heian period · 11th century · Daimonji Temple, Osaka
A hidden principal image that has never left the temple since its creation: the Buddha and the mountain carved as one from a single aged camphor trunk.
Exhibition: Celebrating 1250 Years Since the Birth of the Great Master Kūkai: Kūkai and the Treasures of Shingon Buddhism — Tokyo National Museum · –