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Kokawadera Temple: Legends of Kokawadera Temple

JAPAN, Wakayama, Kinokawa; Heian period (794–1185); Ink and color on paper; 30.6 x 1,959 cm
Painted in the 12th century, this illustrated scroll is composed of five large images and four sections of text. It depicts two stories about a manifestation of Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva described in Origin of Kokawadera Temple " in the Compendium of Temple Legends written in 1054 of the Heian period. Some sections of the scroll have been damaged by fire

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