- Otagi Nenbutsu-ji was founded by Empress Kōken, also known as Empress Shōtoku, the 46th Empress of Japan. She reigned as Empress Kōken from 749 to 758.
- Located in the neighborhood of Arashiyama in Kyoto, Otagi Nenbutsu-Ji is a Buddhist temple famous for its 1200 rakan, or stone statues...
- It’s called Otagi Nenbutsu-ji, and it has some of the funniest, most fascinating and beautiful Buddhist sculptures in the entire country.
- In the remote Kyoto temple of Otagi Nenbutsu-ji, stone guardians stand as disciples of Buddha, but they are much more than just sculptures.
- The Otagi Nenbutsu-ji temple in Kyoto features over a thousand Nio statues, some fierce and nightmarish, many of them humorous.
- Ülkenin dört bir yanından amatör heykeltıraşlar Otagi Nenbutsu-Ji Tapınağı'na geldi ve deneyimli usta Kocho Nishimura'nın rehberliğinde taştan adamlar oydu.
- He started it in 1981, and 10 years later in 1991, Otagi Nenbutsu-Ji Temple became the temple with 1,200 rakan figures.
- The temple was reestablished by Senkan Naigu, who was a priest of the Tendai sect. At that time, the temple was named Otagi Nenbutsu-ji.