190102-0043-PP - Asakusa Buddha Statues

Nisonbutsu (二尊仏), a pair of bronze images of Buddha at the Buddhist temple of Sensoji (金龍山浅草寺) in Asakusa, Tokyo.

They were donated to the temple in 1687 and survived both the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 (Taisho 12) and the allied bombings of 1945 (Showa 20).

There are also known as the Nurebotoke (濡れ仏, Wet Buddhas).

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