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1. View of Kyoto from Yotsutsuji – View of Kyoto loop from 清水五条

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2. Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine – Nishiki Market loop from 二条

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3. Nio-mon Gate (Kiyomizu-dera) – Kiyomizu-dera Pagoda loop from 京都

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Maik

October 27, 2019

The Sanjusangendo Temple in eastern Kyoto is famous for its 1001 statues of Kannon, goddess of mercy. The temple was founded in 1164 and rebuilt a century later, after the original structure was destroyed in a fire.

At 120 meters, the temple hall is the longest wooden structure in Japan.

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Wiro L.

February 12, 2020

The spectacular Sanjusangendo Temple of Kyoto, built in the 12th century, houses 1001 carved wooden statues of Kannon - the Buddhist goddess of mercy - arranged in rows in the main hall: 500, in ten rows of 50 on each side the seated figure of Senju Kannon. Sanjusangendo is the only surviving Sentai Kannon-do (One Thousand Kannon Hall). The 1001 pictures are approximately 167 cm tall and were made using a technique called Yosegi, which allowed several artisans to work on a statue. First hollow wooden blocks were put together and roughly carved, then the pictures were finely carved and varnished to preserve them.

A Japanese archery competition - Kyudo - is held in front of the arena on January 15 each year. This ceremony is performed on the west side of the hall and involves shooting an arrow from 60 m (33 genes) at a target with a diameter of 1 m. Since the arrows appear to fly through the hall, the ceremony is known as toshi-ya ("flying arrows"). The event started in the Edo period and was very popular among the samurai of that time.

The name of the temple is literally translated as "hall (do) with thirty-three (sanjusan) spaces between the columns (gen)". The thirty-three relate to the number of incarnations in which Kannon can appear.

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Sanjūsangen-dō

1. View of Kyoto from Yotsutsuji – View of Kyoto loop from 清水五条

2. Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine – Nishiki Market loop from 二条

3. Nio-mon Gate (Kiyomizu-dera) – Kiyomizu-dera Pagoda loop from 京都

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