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5-ft) thousand-armed Kannon statue.
Seated on one side is the Nyorin Kannon, in whose hand is a jewel used to answer prayers and grant wishes; on the other is Kokuzo, who embodies wisdom and happiness.
Highlights include an Indian-style Shaka triad; the Yumechigae (“Dream Changing”) Kannon, said to transform its worshippers’ nightmares into pleasant dreams; and the Kudara Kannon, a graceful, willowy statue named after a region in Korea, whose designer and creator was almost certainly Korean.
Within the To-in (eastern compound) is the octagonal Yumedono (Hall of Dreams), whose exquisite Guze Kannon statue was considered so sacred that it was completely hidden from human eyes from its dedication in 737 until 1884, when it was unwrapped by a visiting American art scholar — with the Meiji government’s blessing, of course.
In the Kannon Hall of this temple is the largest wooden devotional figure in the country: a statue of the “Eleven-Faced Goddess of Mercy,” some 10 m (33 ft) high, carved from a single tree trunk and covered in gold leaf.