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Byodo-in Buddhist Temple in Uji

The temple’s Phoenix Hall, which looks into the country’s most famous reflecting pond, houses a marvelous statue of Amida Buddha made by Jocho, the most famous sculptor of Buddhist images, who lived during the late Heian Period (XIth century).

Roof of the Phoenix Hall
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A pair of phoenixes (a national treasure featured on the 10,000 yen bill (see http://www.boj.or.jp/en/type/release/zuiji/kako03/bnnew3.htm#01 )) decorate the roof. These phoenixes might have given Ho’odo its name (ho’o means “phoenix” in Japanese). Another version of the hall’s name origin is that the hall seen from the front looks like a phoenix expanding its wings.

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