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Eleven Headed Senju Kannon Bosatsu

Out of Kyoto 011

Tōshōdai-ji Temple, Nara City

Fujifilm Finepix X100

 

Senju Kannon is a deity to whom to pray for relief of eye problems and blindness. It may have been partly for this reason that Ganjin (688-763), the founder of the Ritsu sect in Japan who lost his sight during troubled voyages from China, enshrined an image of Senju Kannon at his temple, Tōshōdai-ji Temple. However, it should also be noted that Senju is one of the forms of Kannon that are worshipped as principal devotional images, and Ganjin was in the equivalent position at Tōshōdai-ji Temple.

 

十一面千手観世音菩薩立像(唐招提寺金堂)

 

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Taken on November 19, 2011