9/12/2007

Kitamura Seibo

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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


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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.

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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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