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Door panel depicting Buddhist apsara playing music
Altar bell
Korean ambassadors introduce Buddhism to Japan
Welcoming Descent of the Buddha of Infinite Light and Twenty-Five Bodhisattvas
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Door panel depicting Buddhist apsara playing a flute
Altar bell
Door panel depicting Buddhist apsara playing the biwa (lute)
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