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Kongo Rikishi

Posted by Ed | Last updated Aug 12, 2017 | Dolls and Sculpture, Osaka, Kyoto, and the Kansai Region, Traditional Japan | 1 |

Kongo Rikishi

by Ed | Last updated Aug 12, 2017 | Dolls and Sculpture, Osaka, Kyoto, and the Kansai Region, Traditional Japan | 1 |

Kongo rikishi, the “power lords of the diamond realm,” stand guard at many Buddhist...

Fearsome Nio at Entsuu-ji Temple

by Ed | Last updated Aug 1, 2017 | Dolls and Sculpture, Tokyo and the Kanto Region, Traditional Japan, Travel Destinations | 2 |

Entsuu-ji is a kind of a cheesy-looking Zen Temple near Minami-senju Station in Tokyo, but it has some really cool Buddhist sculptures. These are kongo rikishi, the “power lords of the diamond realm,” and they stand guard at...

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Fearsome Nio at Entsuu-ji Temple

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