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A woman walks by a poster showing one of the 12 Heavenly Generals of Yakushi (Medicine) Buddha kept at Shin-Yakushi-ji Buddhist temple in Nara, at a subway station in Tokyo. The poster is part of a tourism campaign for Nara, which last year celebrated the 1,300th anniversary of its birth as Japan’s ancient capital.
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Occidentalis
One might be apt to think that an image like that would be prone to have a negative effect on tourists.
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shirokuma2011
That would be a shame, because this particular collection of statues is really remarkable, and well worth visiting Nara to see.
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gaijinstud
i bet the woman in the pic has no idea who the statue is, or even know that it is japanese...
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Zenny11
I think she knows unless she hasn't watched TV for the last few weeks.
Many TV-ads for that exhibit, etc. where they show the figures as they are now and how the looked originally(as seen on poster).
Similar figures/statues, etc are also common at entrances to buddhist temples, etc as guardians.
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nandakandamanda
Both wearing too much white foundation.
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sengoku38
Like I said in another post, getting an o-mamori at Yakushiji is probably a better idea than getting a flu shot. At least you won't be poisoning yourself for no reason!
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Laguna
Gotta get one for the kids' rooms!
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shirokuma2011
They should have one of these by the priority seating spots on every train. "I've told you till I'm blue in the face--TURN OFF YOUR DAMNED PHONE!" hehe...
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alladin
The picture looks like an image of a devil himself.
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URO
Nice picture. But the 12 Heavenly Generals of Yakushi are almost never shown independently :-O They are generally grouped in a protective circle around the Yakushi Nyorai.
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bobbafett
not a great pic. not a great topic starter.
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Sarge
If that's a Heavenly General, I'd hate to see a Hellish General.
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Gurukun
Something weird about this picture...I just don't know what it is...
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Hoplite
Why 12 generals? An interesting number.
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