Until March 11, 2018, the special exhibition “Ninna-ji Temple and the Omuro group Hohoku-Tenpei and Shingon secular religion famous treasure-” is being held at the Tokyo National Museum Heisei-kan.
Sende Kannon Zen Sitting National Treasure 8th Century Image Height 131.3 cm Koidera Osaka Exhibition Period: On display-March 11
Senju Sennin Kannon is a Kannon that saves all people with 1000 hands and 1000 eyes. Normally, the number of side-handers is often reduced to 40, but the main image of the main temple of Osaka-Sai-ji Temple has side-hands of 1039, and each hand has an eye drawn with ink . Such an ancient thousand-handed Kannon with 1000 hands is really rare. The complex structure of the side hand, the tense expression in which the hand of the joint hand touches slightly, and the neat appearance with reduced exaggeration are the highlights, and it is considered to be the production of a government-owned Buddhist place in the Nara period from its excellent performance. The skill of the government-run Buddhist priest who put together the superhuman figure with natural balance is remarkable.
