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Old Dec 24, 2013 | 12:18 am
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Yub
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It is the Maria Kannon (Virgin Mary disguised as the Buddhist Kannon -- Goddess of Mercy) statue at Tenryuji Temple.

I found a picture here: http://www.digital-images.net/Galler...2/kyoto-2.html.

Interesting history about Maria Kannon: http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/maria-kannon.html.

Added: I see that you found it before I posted... It was interesting to read about Maria Kannon as I hadn't known about them before.
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