NAGAOKAKYO, Kyoto Prefecture--An 11-face Kannon Buddhist statue kept at Otokunidera temple here that stands 180 centimeters tall and dates from the Kamakura Period (1185-1333) is only the third ...

It is a gilded wooden statue about four meters tall and believed to have been made during the Kamakura Period (1185-1333), in or around 1200. Over the centuries, it moved from one place to another ...

The city of Kamakura asks that you cover your tattoo with clothing—or if that doesn’t work, a bandage. If a nearly 50-foot-tall bronze statue of the Kamakura Daibutsu sounds magnificent, ...