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JAPAN

Ancient Nara Todai-ji in its Great Buddha Hall

houses the world’s largest bronze
Exquisite Buddhist Arts palace statue of the Buddha Vairocana, 奈良⼤佛 -

Year of Inscription: 1998 known in Japanese as Daibutsu. 毗庐遮那佛

Nara Great Buddha

(⽇本 Japan: 2009)

Nara was the capital of Japan from Yakushi-ji, is the headquarters of

710 –784 AD. The city’s historic the Hosso school of Japanese

monuments including Buddhist Buddhism. Inside the Golden Hall,

temples provide a vivid picture of there is a statue of the Medicine 药师寺

life in the Japanese capital in the Buddha (Yakushi Nyora) cast in 696 Yakushi-ji

(⽇本 Japan:
8th century AD. AD. On both sides there are the 2011)

Sunlight and Moonlight

Kofuku-ji in Nara, consists of more Bodhisattva.

than 150 buildings. The five-storey

pagoda which was built in 669 AD, Yakushi-ji also has a painting 药师如來

is the second tallest pagoda in “Auspicious Heavenly Girl”, which is Medicine

Japan, and one of the famous one of the national treasures of the Buddha
（⽇本 Japan:
landmark of Nara. temple.

2002）
吉祥天⼥

Auspicious Heavenly Girl

(⽇本 Japan: 1968)