I went out to Shizuoka prefectural museum of art on Saturday to see the exhibition of Ganjinwajo.
He is a Chinese monk who helped to spread Buddhism in Japan in the 8th century.
The temple he built in Nara, Toshodaiji, needed some reinforcement and it is under construction now.
So some of the statues that are national treasures had their ways out to another place like Shizuoka for the time being.I don't really consider myself as a buddhist but like the distinct atmosphere and the smell of temples and I like how they straighten me up, literally.
There is an annex to the museum and it is all about Rodin.
It was interesting to see statues of naked Western men after seeing statues of Buddha.
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