Talk:Gansen-ji

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Did you know... that the Japanese Buddhist temple of Gansen-ji has a 275-centimeter-tall (9.02 ft) statue of Amitābha Buddha that was created in the year 946?

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The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet (talk) 09:44, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the Japanese Buddhist temple of Gansen-ji has a 275-centimeter-tall (9.02 ft) statue of Amitābha Buddha that was created in the year 946? Source: The year created is verified on page 50 of Minamoto, Toyomune; Henderson, Harold Gould (1935). An Illustrated History of Japanese Art: "From an inscription on the inside of the head of this statue we learn that it was made in 946." The size is verified with this source: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Sculpture/6GED_E3hB4oC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Gansen-ji&dq=Gansen-ji&printsec=frontcover
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Created by Aoidh (talk). Self-nominated at 02:08, 20 June 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Gansen-ji; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

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Overall: @Aoidh: Good article. Though "Gansen-ji has a wooden Japanese pagoda, two stone pagodas, and a stone chamber that have each been recognized as Nationally Designated Important Cultural Property." should be cited. Also, citation 8 should have a page number. Onegreatjoke (talk) 01:57, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Onegreatjoke: Thanks, I've copied the references from the subsequent sentences in that section to append to that sentence as well, and added the page number to the book (until I looked with fresh eyes I couldn't figure out how to tell what page that was). - Aoidh (talk) 03:02, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Approve. Onegreatjoke (talk) 02:30, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The statue in the stone chamber in the temple gardens is a statue of Acala / Fudo Myo 不動明王

Source: Gansenji's own home page: https://gansenji.or.jp/ そして「岩船寺」の寺号の存在を示すもっとも古いものは境外にある不動明王立像磨崖仏

Also Wiki Japanese page: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A9%E8%88%B9%E5%AF%BA 石室（重要文化財） - 奥壁に不動明王立像を薄肉彫りする

In Japan, 仏像　simply means a statue of any figure from the (vast) Mahayana Buddhist pantheon; it means 'Buddhist statue' not 'Buddha Statue'

This online page has several photos showing it clearly to be Fudo Myo: https://tempsera.seesaa.net/article/202105article_17.html

Also, I have been to this temple at least 100 times. I can send you my own photos if you like.Zosterops (talk) 09:41, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]