Release Date: April 18, 2013
Core Kyoto
1080p
2013
Published on, 1 year ago
Core Kyoto
Buddhist Statues: Figures of Belief and Beauty 1 Season 3 Episode
28 min
2013
Published on, 1 year ago
Kyoto has about 2,700 temples where an array of benevolent, meek, and ferocious Buddhist statues are worshipped. World Heritage temple Toji has a configuration of statues in an imposing, 3D mandala and a beautifully woven mandala, which captures the cosmos. The jizo statues standing on street corners have a special place in the lives and hearts of Kyotoites. Today, sculptors continue to breathe life into Buddhist statues, and skilled craftsmen create magnificent works using gold leaf in microns.
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