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Buddha in Black and White

Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate park. This bronze statue was originally cast in 1790, on Honshu in Japan at Tajima for a temple there. It was given to the park in 1949.

 

It is named "Amazarashi-No-Hotoke", meaning "The Buddha that sits throughout the sunny and rainy weather without a shelter."

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Taken on February 27, 2008