Syo-KanNon Bosatsu 聖観音菩薩

My house is in a mess.
Especially my attic!
Oh!  Terrible.

And last month, at the end of the year 2019, I found a head.

A head of Buddha.

(There are several kinds of holy figures in Buddhism, and they all have different names but let me simplify and call it a Buddha.)

I don’t know how it came to this house.
It is certainly valuable.

Syo-KanNon Bosatsu of Yakushi-Ji.

“Syo” in this case means “Saint”.

Yakushi-Ji is one of the best-known temples in Nara.

Yakushi-ji Wikipedia

(Unfortunately, no official site in English)

Enjoy Japan.

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