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47. Kannon Bodhisattva figure at Todai-ji
| A Bodhisattva is one who is on Buddhist path to Awakening. The Kannon Bodhisattva personifies compassion and is one of the most widely worshipped divinities in Asia and Japan in both ancient and modern times. This figure is beside the Daibutsu in the Todai-ji at Nara. |