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Peacock wood carving, Toshogu shrine, tochigi prefecture, Japan Royalty Free Stock Photo

Buddhist deities and monks around the Saigoku Kannon bodhisattva in Mount Nokogiri. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Buddhist stone statues of Saigoku Kannon bodhisattva and zen monks in Mount Nokogiri. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Buddhist statue at Tsutenkan tunnel in Mount Nokogiri with a poem of zen monk. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Buddhist statues of Saigoku Kannon bodhisattva in Mount Nokogiri. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Peacock wood carving, Toshogu shrine, tochigi prefecture, Japan

Buddhist statues of arhat monks along the hiking path of Mount Nokogiri quarry. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Buddhist statues in a cavity of Mount Nokogiri carved like the flames of the homa ritual. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Buddhist statue of the monk YÃÂka Genkaku in a cavity of Mount Nokogiri quarry. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Buddhist statues of arhat monks in a cavity of Gomakutsu in Mount Nokogiri. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Buddhist statues in a cavity named Gomakutsu above a tunnel of the hiking path of Mount Nokogiri. Royalty Free Stock Photo

The shrine contains some major works of Japanese art. Wood carvings therein are particularly famous: the nemurineko sleeping cat or the three monkeys iwazaru, kikazaru and minazaru are the most famous pieces of the sculptor Hidari Jingoro, an artist who became almost legendary.