immortal wishes:
labor and transcendence
on a Japanese sacred mountain

Ellen Schattschneider

Duke University Press (2003)

TEACHING RESOURCES

AKAKURA MOUNTAIN SHRINE STATUES

Kannon


Four of the thirty-three small kannon statues that surround the central Kannonsama statue in the rear area of the shrine. Worshippers place small monetary offerings of coins in the plastic bowls in front of each image.



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