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Title: Tsukubai Sensō-ji
Alternative Title: Purification Wash Basin at Senso-ji Temple
Creator: Kōtarō Takamura (1883-1956)
Contributor: Photographer: Ken Stranahan
The Arc/k Project
Date Created and/or Issued: 2019-03-14
Publication Information: Sensō-ji Temple
The Arc/k Project
Contributing Institution: The Arc/k Project
Collection: Pedagogical
Rights Information: Educational Use Permitted Only - Attribution, NoDerivitives, NonCommerical
For additional information on the use of these images contact: info@arck-project.org
Description: Tsukubai (Purification Wash Basin) at Senso-ji Temple Tsukubai Senso-ji Sensoji (浅草寺, Sensōji, also known as Asakusa Kannon Temple) is a Buddhist temple located in Asakusa. It is one of Tokyo’s most colorful and popular temples. The legend says that in the year 628, two brothers fished a statue of Kannon, the goddess of mercy, out of the Sumida River, and even though they put the statue back into the river, it always returned to them. Consequently, Sensoji was built nearby for the goddess of Kannon. The temple was completed in 645, making it Tokyo’s oldest temple.
Type: image
Format: obj
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Identifier: https://collections.arck-project.org/view/ARCK3D0000000075
Subject: Buddhist sculpture
Place: Japan
Tokyo
Source: Photogrammetry

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