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Modern SitesSite Name: Hōjō-no Gohyaku Rakan Alternative Name: 北条の五百羅漢 Hojo-no GohyakurakanCountry: Japan Region: Honshū Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Kasai (Hyōgo pref.) Nearest Village: Hōjōchō-Hōjō
Latitude: 34.937320N Longitude: 134.829220E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Sculptured Stone in Honshū
Gohyaku Rakan (五百羅漢 = 500 arhats, the pupils of the Buddha while he was alive, like the 12 apostels of Jesus) is one of popular subjects for Buddhist images, most of the statues were expressed in realistic or patterned style. The nearly-500 arhats in the precinct of Rakan-ji (羅漢寺) temple, chronology unknown - maybe medieval, were sculptured in more simple and rough style, seems like the statues made by the travelling monk Enkū (円空) (1632–1695), Korean Jangseung totems or Corsican statue menhirs.
Open 9:00-17:00 all year long, admission 200 Japanese Yen.
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