THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
August 11, 2020 at 19:05 JST
Locations of paintings of four Buddhist saints on the column on the right side of the shumidan platform (Provided by Noriaki Ajima and Yukari Takama)
KORA, Shiga Prefecture--Researchers have discovered images of eight Buddhist saints drawn on two columns of a local temple’s Hondo main hall through infrared photography, which could date back more than 1,300 years. [Read More]
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