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Benten on a rock by the sea
Large temple drum with original stand and drumsticks
Door panel depicting Buddhist apsara playing music
Altar bell
Korean ambassadors introduce Buddhism to Japan
Pair of conch-shell horns (dung-kar)
A Buddhist procession of three musicians and one dancer
Welcoming Descent of the Buddha of Infinite Light and Twenty-Five Bodhisattvas
Bell
Benten
Pair of Small Cymbals with Carrying Case
Buddhist Ekoji - Nen Daiko - Japanese Taiko Drumming
Buddha 2.0: Echoes of the Past
Pair of telescoping ritual horns (dung-chen)
Buddhist circlet for the head of a divinity
Pair of reeds (gya-ling)
Pair of Large Cymbals with Carrying Case
Door panel depicting Buddhist apsara playing a zither
Altar bell with carved wooden handle
Door panel depicting Buddhist apsara playing a flute
Altar bell
Door panel depicting Buddhist apsara playing the biwa (lute)
Thighbone trumpet, from an assembled set of items used in Severance (Chöd) Practice
FandangObon at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Benten (Sarasvati) seated on a rock
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