Missing sacred swords of Todaiji found after 1,250 yrs

NARA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 25, 2010, shows two swords found under the Great Buddha of Todaiji temple in Nara, western Japan, exhibited at a cultural assets research center in Nara. The temple said the same day that two swords found under the Buddha in the Meiji era have been identified as sacred swords that had been missing for some 1,250 years since around 760 after Empress Komyo, the wife of Emperor Shomu who built the Buddha, dedicated them along with other items to the temple.

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