950-year-old Buddhist artifact shown for 1st time

2006-09-23 on 4:53 pm  |    毎日スクラップ　観光系, English  |  

2006.9.23 (THE DAILY YOMIURI)

KYOTO-Part of a canopy that usually hangs over a 950-year-old Buddhist statue was opened  for public display Friday for first time. A part of the box-shaped section,which measures 1.3meters tall, 4.8meters long and 4.6meterswide,will be exhibited until Dec.11 at the Byodo-in Museum,where visitors can take a close look at its glided arabesque  carvings.Monsho Kamii,head priest of the temple, said:”This will be the first and last time the beauty of the Heian dynasty will be seen so closely. the canopy was created in the hope of spreading the Buddha’s salvation equally, far and wide all across the world.”