Monday, June 30, 2008

Byodo-in Temple at Uji


Today we visited the Byodo-in Temple. Included in the temple is the Phoenix Hall, named because its exterior looks like a bird's outstretched wings, not to mention the two phoenixes perched on its roof. The statue inside, Amitabha, Buddha of infinite light, was made by Jocho, a man revered as the greatest Buddhist carver in the Heian Era.

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