Monday, September 11, 2017

One Thousand Medicine Buddhas


Next door to Renjoji is the Yakushi Hall, a very long structure containing 998 small statues of Yakushi Nyorai, commonly referred to as the Medicine Buddha.


The hall also contained two large wooden Nio.


Because of its length the hall is often referred to as a copy of Kyotos's famous Sanjusangendo, though that id much, much larger, and contains statues of Kannon.


In the middle of the hall is a triad of statues.


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