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Sanuki Sekibutsu (Stone Buddhas)
栃木県
Tochigi's largest cliff-carved Buddha at 18m, where the Kinugawa gorge scenery and Buddhist faith converge
20 min by car from JR Yaita Station
Sanuki, Shionoya-machi, Shioya-gun, Tochigi
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Cliff-carved Buddhist reliefs along the Kinugawa River in Shionoya Town, with a magnificent seated Dainichi Nyorai.
The Dainichi Nyorai carved on an approximately 18m-high rock wall is one of the largest cliff-carved Buddhas in Tochigi.
Carved from the Heian to Kamakura periods on cliffs formed by Kinugawa River erosion.
Besides the Dainichi Nyorai, Fudo Myoo and Senju Kannon figures have also bee…
The Sanuki Stone Buddhas are estimated to have been carved from the late Heian to early Kamakura period.
Cliff-carved Buddhist relief groups on tuff cliffs exposed by Kinugawa River erosion.
The seated Dainichi Nyorai, the central Buddha of esoteric Buddhism, is believed to have been carved based on…
Averting disaster, directional protection, warding off epidemics. Central at Fudo, Kannon, and Gion-related sites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "大日如来"
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