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  2. File:Guardian figure, Todai-ji, Nara.jpg - Wikipedia

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  3. Tōdai-ji - Wikipedia

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    Tōdai-ji (still Kinshōsen-ji at the time) was appointed as the provincial temple of Yamato Province and the head of all the provincial temples. With the alleged coup d'état by Nagaya in 729, a major outbreak of smallpox around 735–737, [ 7 ] worsened by several consecutive years of poor crops, followed by a rebellion led by Fujiwara no ...

  4. List of Cultural Properties of Tōdai-ji - Wikipedia

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    Tōdai-ji Shingon'in shōrō [24] 1649 & following: Prefectural: Shingon'in south gate 東大寺真言院南門 Tōdai-ji Shingon'in nanmon [24] 1649 & following: Prefectural: Kaidan'in kaidandō 東大寺戒壇院戒壇堂 Tōdai-ji Nigatsudō yuya [24] 1733: Prefectural: Nigatsudō bath house 東大寺二月堂湯屋 Tōdai-ji Nigatsudō yuya ...

  5. Statue of Liberty - Wikipedia

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    The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, within New York City. The copper -clad statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France , was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and its ...

  6. Tōdai-ji Hachiman - Wikipedia

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    Kaikei's sculpture differs from an older Heian period image that is currently held by Yakushi-ji (also classified as a National Treasure). Whereas the Yakushi-ji Hachiman is a triad image, accompanied by a sculpture of Nakatsuhime and Empress Jingū (as Hachiman is the deification of Emperor Ōjin), Kaikei's sculpture is a solitary image of Hachiman as a monk.

  7. Krishna - Wikipedia

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    Depiction of Krishna playing the flute in Todai-ji Temple, constructed in 752 CE on the order of Emperor Shomu, in Nara, Japan. Krishna is often depicted wearing a peacock-feather wreath or crown, and playing the bansuri (Indian flute). [94] [95] In this form, he is usually shown standing with one leg bent in front of the other in the Tribhanga ...

  8. Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi - Wikipedia

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    The Statue of Liberty is a 1985 documentary film by Ken Burns which focuses on the statue's history and its impact on society. Bartholdi's life and creation of Liberty Enlightening the World are also featured in the 2019 documentary film, Liberty: Mother of Exiles.

  9. Shaka at Birth (Tōdai-ji) - Wikipedia

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    The statue was cast in one piece, other than for the right forearm which is a restoration; the join is clearly visible. [ 6 ] [ 9 ] Pieces of the clay core were left inside after casting. [ 9 ] The decorative motifs on the outside of the basin were engraved and the background of dots hammered with a burin in the technique known as "fish- roe ...