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A close up view of a temple in Japan Royalty Free Stock Photo

Statue of Sho-kannon Bosatsu in Temple of Yakushiji, circa 1989 Royalty Free Stock Photo

Onigawara (Goblin-Ogre Tile) at Mausoleum of Hojo Tokiyori in Fugenzan Meigetsu-in. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Beautiful round window inside Hojo Main Hall of Fugenzan Meigetsu-in. Rinzai sect, Kencho-ji school of buddhism temple Devoted to Royalty Free Stock Photo

Daikannonji Temple, a Shokannon sect temple in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Front view of Mausoleum of Hojo Tokiyori in Fugenzan Meigetsu-in. Kamakura, Japan. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Daikannonji Temple, a Shokannon sect temple in Chuo-ku, TokyoThe principal image of this temple is an iron statue of the Shokannon Bodhisattva, with only the head, worshipped by Hojo Masako.It was originally located in Shin-Kiyomizu-dera Temple (now abandoned) in Kamakura, but collapsed in a fire in 1258 (Shoka 2). After that, when a well was dug, the iron Bodhisattva head with only the head was excavated and enshrined in a small chapel. Due to this background, the well came to be called Kurogane no I (Iron Well).