Dimensions: 20.5 x 25 cm. (8 x 10”)

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Condition: Very good condition.

Notes: Asuka Period-Hoyuji Temple, National Treasure. Printed on a matte, coated paper. Japanese and English imprint backside. A piece from the series of Seven Great Temples, located in the city of Nara, Japan.

Kudara Kannon is one of the best representative Buddhist sculptures in the Asuka period, with Guze Kannon in Yumedono. Probably made in the early – middle 7th century, it is 209 cm in height and has a quite slim figure. While frontality is a prominent characteristic of the Shaka Triad by Tori Busshi, this statue intends to be seen rather from a side

Hōryū-ji is a Buddhist temple that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Its full name is Hōryū Gakumonji, or Learning Temple of the Flourishing Law, the complex serving as both a seminary and monastery. (Wikipedia)