![]() Story is titled "The Art of the Past, British Museum, A Nine-faced Bronze Kannon."Ĭopyright 1995 - 2010. ![]() After 672 AD, as the China-oriented polices of Emperor Temmu began to influence Japanese Buddhism away from its Korean founders and towards direct contacts with China, images of Kannon were among those most frequently imported from China and imitated from Chinese models. In the 12th century, the total appears to have been 112. Says the British Museum: The extant images in fact number fifty-three, and are now in the keeping of the Tokyo National Museum. The number "forty-eight," while inaccurate as a name for the present collection, seems to have been chosen as a reflection of the "48 Vows of Amida." They are presently housed in the Tokyo National Museum. Among them are several which had been transferred there from the Tachibanadera in the 11th century. They were at one time in the possession of the Houryuuji Temple. These are an assemblage of 59 miniature gilt-bronze Buddhist sculptures, produced at various times from the Asuka through the Tempyo (Nara) Periods. The Forty-Eight Buddhist Imagesīelow text courtesy Asuka Historical Museum. of attendants 12.5-13.0 cmĪsuka Period, 7th century, Important Cultural Property.
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