Iwaya Kannon Cave - Iwaya Kannon Cave

Japanese: 岩屋観音窟 - いわやかんのんくつ
Iwaya Kannon Cave - Iwaya Kannon Cave

…There are factories that manufacture furniture and wood products. The habitat of the Nankuwa Kajika Frog and the Iwaya Kannon Cave in Negasa are both national natural monuments. The Iwaya Kannon is a wooden statue of the Bodhisattva Kannon that was placed in a limestone cave and became covered in stalactite drips, turning it into a stone Buddha. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Iwaya Kannon Cave" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…家具製造,木材製品の工場がある。南桑カジカガエル生息地,根笠の岩屋観音窟はともに国の天然記念物。岩屋観音は,石灰岩の洞窟に安置された木造の観音像が鍾乳の点滴に包まれて石仏化したものである。…

※「岩屋観音窟」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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