Core Kyoto Season 1 Episode 3 Buddhist Statues: Figures of Belief and Beauty 2013
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Kyoto has about 2,700 temples where an array of benevolent, meek, and ferocious Buddhist statues are worshipped. World Heritage temple Toji has a configuration of statues in an imposing, 3D mandala and a beautifully woven mandala, which captures the cosmos. The jizo statues standing on street corners have a special place in the lives and hearts of Kyotoites. Today, sculptors continue to breathe life into Buddhist statues, and skilled craftsmen create magnificent works using gold leaf in microns.
- Released: 2013-04-18
- Runtime: 28 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Gary Tegler
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