Images

The Main Hall and pagoda of the Buddhist Kofukuji temple complex in Nara, Japan. Founded in 669 CE and moved to Nara in 710 CE.

The Chumon Gate of the Shinto Kasuga Taisha Shrine, Nara, Japan. The shrine was officially founded in 768 CE and the present gate structure dates to 1613 CE.

Japanese persimmon.

Japanese Food.

A wooden sculpture of Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147-1199 CE), leader of the Minamoto clan and Shogun of Japan from 1192-1199 CE. (Tokyo National Museum)

An illustration by Kikuchi Yosai of the Japanese military commander Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159-1189 CE) of the Minamoto clan.

The gilded wooden statue of Kannon at the Buddhist temple of Sanjusangendo, Heiankyo (Kyoto), Japan. Height: 3.3 metres. Made in 1254 CE by the sculptor Tankei.

A statue of Shagara, a Buddhist guardian deity and one of the Eight Dragon kings. 1.65 metres (65 inches) tall. 12-14th century CE. Sanjusangendo temple, Kyoto, Japan.

Some of the 1,000 gilded wooden statues of Kannon, the bodhisattva, which fill the interior of the Sanjusangendo temple, Kyoto, Japan. 12-13th century CE. Important Cultural Properties of Japan.

The wooden main hall building of the Buddhist Sanjusangendo temple complex, Kyoto, Japan. Founded in 1165 CE and restored in 1266 CE.