Sendai Daikannon
Hideyuki KAMON from Takarazuka / 宝塚市, Hyogo / 兵庫県, Japan / 日本 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons
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Sendai Daikannon

Large statue in Sendai, Japan.

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Sendai Daikannon, officially known as the Sendai Tendou Byakue Daikannon (仙台天道白衣大観音), is a large statue located in Sendai, Japan. It portrays a woman, the bodhisattva Byakue Kannon (白衣観音; "white-robed Kannon") holding the cintamani gem (如意宝珠, Nyoihōju) in her hand. It is the tallest statue of a goddess in Japan and the tenth-tallest statue in the world, at 100 metres (330 ft).

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38.30050, 140.82370 · Sendai