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| Definitive Postage Stamp - Sitting statue of Miroku-bosatsu of Chuguji Temple. | |
Chuguji Temple, is an historic nunnery in Nara, located next door to Horyuji Temple, south west of Nara city in the Ikaruga district. The black camphor wood statue of Miroku (maitreya - the Buddha of the Future) which sits in the Main Hall is considered a classic of Asuka Period art. The temple pamphlet goes as far as to describe it as: "one of the three smiling masterpieces of the world along with the Sphinx of Egypt and the Mona Lisa painted by Leonardo da Vinci." The sitting image with its right hand raised to its face in thought was believed to have been originally painted but was later finished in lacquer, which gives the statue its distinctive resinous black color.
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| Issued Country | Japan |
| Issued Year | 01.06.1989 |
| Category | Buddhist Image Buddhist Arts |
| Type | First Day Cover |