Calligraphy expressing hope for reconstruction

TOKYO, Japan - Hisaki Miyadate (R), vice governor of Iwate Prefecture, which was hit by the March 11 quake-tsunami disaster, holds a calligraphy work of Seihan Mori, chief priest of Kiyomizudera temple in Kyoto, at the Iwate prefectural government office in Morioka on Nov. 8, 2011. The Japanese kanji character for ''kizuna'' (bond) represented in the work was chosen by the Buddhist priest as an expression of hope for reconstruction from the disaster. (Kyodo)

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