By TAKUMI OKADA/ Staff Writer
October 24, 2022 at 07:30 JST
Mural No. 6 “The Pure Land of Amida” inside Horyuji’s storehouse in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, and other paintings are shown to media representatives ahead of a special viewing on Nov. 9, 2021. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
IKARUGA, Nara Prefecture--Horyuji temple here has mounted a second crowdfunding campaign to solicit donations from 630 people who will be rewarded for the generosity by being permitted to view murals scorched by a fire inside its Kondo main hall in 1949. [Read More]
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