A 14th-century bronze Buddha statue from Korea’s Goryeo-era, stolen by a South Korean theft ring from Kannon Temple on ...

Todaiji Temple is one of the most renowned ... to face with a 15 metres tall seated gilt bronze statue of the Buddha Vairocana—one of Japan's largest—inside one of the largest wooden buildings ...

as well as a giant statue of Kannon, the goddess of mercy in Japanese Buddhism, which stands more than 4 meters high and weighs 7.5 tons. Around 40 years ago, Myorakuji, a Jodo Shinshu temple ...

A Goryeo-era Buddha Statue, looted by Japanese pirates and later stolen by thieves and brought back to Korea, is set to make ...

Return of Buddhist statue to Japan Setsuryo Tanaka, chief priest of Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Nagasaki, speaks at the National Research Institute of ...

The statue of the Kanzeon Bodhisattva was stolen from the Japanese temple in 2012 by South Korean burglars. The thieves were arrested the following year and the statue was confiscated by the South ...

A Shingon Buddhism temple, Jigenin ... height as the statue's shoulder and enjoy an expansive view. Japan's giant Kannon statues come in various shapes and styles. Some have strong links to ...

small temple owners asked for help. Over the past seven years, the women have worked on more than 70 wooden Buddha statues throughout Japan. Examples of Sanjoudou's restoration work The ...

A 57m (187ft) Buddhist statue dedicated to the Goddess of Mercy, Kannon, in central Japan has been draped with a giant face covering. Temple managers in Aizuwakamatsu plan to keep the figure ...

TSUSHIMA, Nagasaki (Japan): A former chief priest of a temple in Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, from which a Buddha statue was stolen and taken to South Korea, said he was “relieved” about ...