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Kitamura Seibo
Kitamura Seiboo 北村西望（きたむらせいぼう）
Seibo Kitamura
(1884-1987) Japanese sculptor
The Statue for Peace in Nagasaki at the Ground Zero
He began working on this statue in 1950, five years after the bombing, and completed in 1955. It is a combination of the God's love and Buddha's mercy, with the right hand pointing to the sky to give warnings, and the left hand stretching horisontally for peace.
Look at some of his famous statues !
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Peace Kannon Bosatsu, Hiroshima
平和観世音菩薩像（広島）
The statue is 8 meters high and made from aluminium. It was finished on the 5th of May, 1978.
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Fudo Myo-O
Made with a wish for peace to all mankind ! He signed it with
大慈無邊 西望
Statue is 16,5 cm high.
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