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Takatsuki Kannondo (Dien-ji Temple) Statue of Standing Eleven-faced Thousand-armed Kannon

A life-sized 42-armed Senju Kannon that seems to be an ancient statue from around the Muromachi period judging from its using plain wood with no coloring applied. It is believed that in the war-torn time it escaped from the fires of war as it stood on a rock and was widely worshipped as “Hiyoke Kannon” (protection against fire).
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