Concise Illustrated Biography of Monk Nichiren: Rock Suspended by the Power of Prayer on Komuro Mountain

Concise Illustrated Biography of Monk Nichiren: Rock Suspended by the Power of Prayer on Komuro Mountain

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Nichiren stands calm under a cliff, miraculously suspending a boulder in midair by the force of his prayers, while a mountain ascetic prays for the rock to crush him.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Concise Illustrated Biography of Monk Nichiren: Rock Suspended by the Power of Prayer on Komuro MountainConcise Illustrated Biography of Monk Nichiren: Rock Suspended by the Power of Prayer on Komuro MountainConcise Illustrated Biography of Monk Nichiren: Rock Suspended by the Power of Prayer on Komuro MountainConcise Illustrated Biography of Monk Nichiren: Rock Suspended by the Power of Prayer on Komuro MountainConcise Illustrated Biography of Monk Nichiren: Rock Suspended by the Power of Prayer on Komuro Mountain

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