You are connecting from Lake Geneva Public Library, please login or register to take advantage of your institution's Ground News Plan.
Published 3 days ago • loading... • Updated 3 days ago
Did Hashiba Hidenaga Use as Many as 200 Stone Buddha Statues in the Renovation of Koriyama Castle? The Mystery of the Upside-Down Jizo and the Castle Tower Base.
Did Hashiba Hidenaga really repurpose around 200 stone Buddha statues for the stone walls of Koriyama Castle during its renovation? By tracing the results of investigations into the large amount of stone materials transported from Kofuku-ji Temple, the "upside-down Jizo" remaining on the castle tower base, and the stone walls built after Hidenaga's death, we will unravel the true nature of the stone Buddha statues piled up at the castle and the …
This story is only covered by news sources that have yet to be evaluated by the independent media monitoring agencies we use to assess the quality and reliability of news outlets on our platform. Learn more here.
Did Hashiba Hidenaga really repurpose around 200 stone Buddha statues for the stone walls of Koriyama Castle during its renovation? By tracing the results of investigations into the large amount of stone materials transported from Kofuku-ji Temple, the "upside-down Jizo" remaining on the castle tower base, and the stone walls built after Hidenaga's death, we will unravel the true nature of the stone Buddha statues piled up at the castle and the …