One of the One Million Pagodas (Hyakumanto) and Invocation, 百万塔・百万塔陀羅尼, Nara period (710–794), ca. 764–70, Japan, Japanese

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One of the One Million Pagodas (Hyakumanto) and Invocation, 百万塔・百万塔陀羅尼, Nara period (710–794), ca. 764–70, Japan, Japanese cypress (hinoki) and Cleyera ochnacea (sakaki), a. H. 8 3/8 in. ( cm), Sculpture, This miniature wooden pagoda (tō) is one of one million (hyakuman) commissioned by the Empress Shōtoku (718–770) and distributed to Japan’s ten major temples. It originally was created to commemorate and offer thanks to Buddhist deities for their help in suppressing the Emi Rebellion in 764

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