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Kiyomizu Magaibutsu

Kagoshima · Minamikyushu · Shrines & Temples

Japanese name: 清水磨崖仏

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WHAT TO DOKiyomizu Magaibutsu

Hundreds of five-ringed pagodas and Sanskrit characters are carved into the cliff along the Manose river.

WHEREKagoshima

Nansatsu · Minamikyushu

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Hundreds of five-ringed pagodas and Sanskrit characters are carved into the cliff along the Manose river.

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Kiyomizu Magaibutsu is a Buddhist site in Minamikyushu, Kagoshima Prefecture. Although called "magaibutsu" (cliff-carved Buddhas), almost no Buddha statues are carved there; it is characterized by many gorinto pagodas, Sanskrit characters and sutra stone tablets. The oldest are thought to have been made around the end of the Heian period, and the newest, dated Meiji 28 (1895), are a hokyointo pagoda, an Eleven-Headed Kannon statue and an Amida Nyorai statue that Yoshida Jundo commissioned from the local stonemason Kihara Sannosuke to carve.

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Founded:Heian to Meiji periods Blessings:Warding off evil

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