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Shotoku Taishi
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Shotoku Taishi

anonymous · c. 1200 - c. 1350 · wood (plant material)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Buddhism took hold in Japan in the middle of the 6th century. Around 600, the statesman Shotoku Taishi was a major advocate of the new religion. He would later be revered as a deity himself.

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Credit lineShotoku Taishi. c. 1200 - c. 1350. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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