文殊師利

The sedentary statue of Senju-sengen Kanzeon Bosatsu (Kannon with 1,000 arms, each of which has an eye), enshrined in the Fujiidera Temple, is a national treasure, said to have been created by Kei Mon'e and his son Kei Shukun, both renowned sculptors of Buddhist statues in the Nara period. The statue is exhibited only on the 18th day of each month and on August 9, the day of sen-nichi mairi.

Buddha’s Footprints Zhang Wang

As early as 1999, Zhang Wang began his photographic creation in Chinese Buddhist culture. In secluded Buddhist temples, Zhang Wang spent long time with the monks, sharing his life with them. He often got up in wee hours in the day to shoot the monastic life, or risked precarious mountains to capture Buddhist relics. He would also stay up late to peruse Buddhist texts. The fifteen years of persistent photographic creation has put him through untold hardships and difficulties but also earned him close to a hundred important honors from China and rest of the world. In May 2013, Zhang Wang’s “Buddha’s Footprints” solo exhibition was selected to be part of UNESCO’s “World Culture Convention” exhibition.

Kung fu nuns of Nepal.