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Statue names mixed up for 350 years at temple in Miyagi Pref.

Publication: Japan Weekly Monitor
Publication Date: 03-DEC-01
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
SENDAI, Nov. 26 Kyodo

The names of two 17th-century wooden statues of head priests had been mixed up for nearly 350 years until 1999 at a noted Buddhist temple in the town of Matsushima in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, temple officials said Monday.

The mix-up of the names of...

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