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An Auction Preview in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA- DECEMBER 19, 2023 - An old collection of Daigoji Temple in Japan, published during the Northern Song Dynasty, is displayed during an auction preview in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, December 19, 2023.

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An Auction Preview in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA- DECEMBER 19, 2023 - An old collection of Daigoji Temple in Japan, published during the Northern Song Dynasty, is displayed during an auction preview in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, December 19, 2023.

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An Auction Preview in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA- DECEMBER 19, 2023 - An old collection of Daigoji Temple in Japan, published during the Northern Song Dynasty, is displayed during an auction preview in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, December 19, 2023.

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An Auction Preview in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA- DECEMBER 19, 2023 - An old collection of Daigoji Temple in Japan, published during the Northern Song Dynasty, is displayed during an auction preview in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, December 19, 2023.

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An Auction Preview in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA- DECEMBER 19, 2023 - An old collection of Daigoji Temple in Japan, published during the Northern Song Dynasty, is displayed during an auction preview in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, December 19, 2023.

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An Auction Preview in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA- DECEMBER 19, 2023 - An old collection of Daigoji Temple in Japan, published during the Northern Song Dynasty, is displayed during an auction preview in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, December 19, 2023.

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An Auction Preview in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA- DECEMBER 19, 2023 - An old collection of Daigoji Temple in Japan, published during the Northern Song Dynasty, is displayed during an auction preview in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, December 19, 2023.

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An Auction Preview in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA- DECEMBER 19, 2023 - An old collection of Daigoji Temple in Japan, published during the Northern Song Dynasty, is displayed during an auction preview in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, December 19, 2023.

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An Auction Preview in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA- DECEMBER 19, 2023 - An old collection of Daigoji Temple in Japan, published during the Northern Song Dynasty, is displayed during an auction preview in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, December 19, 2023.

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An Auction Preview in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA- DECEMBER 19, 2023 - An old collection of Daigoji Temple in Japan, published during the Northern Song Dynasty, is displayed during an auction preview in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, December 19, 2023.

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An Auction Preview in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA- DECEMBER 19, 2023 - An old collection of Daigoji Temple in Japan, published during the Northern Song Dynasty, is displayed during an auction preview in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, December 19, 2023.

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An Auction Preview in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA- DECEMBER 19, 2023 - An old collection of Daigoji Temple in Japan, published during the Northern Song Dynasty, is displayed during an auction preview in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, December 19, 2023.

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Important cultural property reproduced

KYOTO, Japan - Replicas of "Daigo Hanami Tanzaku" (below), a collection of waka, Japanese traditional poems, written at a feast held by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1598, are shown at Daigoji, a World Heritage temple in Kyoto City, on June 3, 2014. Fuji Xerox Co. reproduced the collection.

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Important cultural property reproduced

KYOTO, Japan - Replicas of "Daigo Hanami Tanzaku" (below), a collection of waka, Japanese traditional poems, written at a feast held by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1598, are shown at Daigoji, a World Heritage temple in Kyoto City, on June 3, 2014. Fuji Xerox Co. reproduced the collection. Shown above is the original work, a national important cultural property.

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'Daigo Hanami Tanzaku' reproduced

KYOTO, Japan - Replicas of "Daigo Hanami Tanzaku" (below), a collection of waka, Japanese traditional poems, written at a feast held by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1598 in Daigoji Temple in Kyoto, are shown at the World Heritage temple on June 3, 2014. Fuji Xerox Co. reproduced the collection. Shown above is the original work, a national important cultural property.

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Traditional rice cake lifting event in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A woman lifts a 90-kilogram rice cake during an annual event at Daigoji Temple in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward on Feb. 23. A total of 74 men and women aged between 12 and 64 competed to see how long they could keep holding up the rice cakes -- a 105-kg cake for men and a 90-kg one for women -- in the event, which has a history of more than 400 years.

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Annual strength event at Kyoto's Gaigoji

KYOTO, Japan - A woman tries to lift 90-kilogram rice cakes during an annual event at Daigoji Temple in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward on Feb. 23. A total of 45 men and women competed on how long they could keep holding up the rice cakes in the event, which has a history of more than 400 years.

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Annual 'rice-cake lifting' competition held at Daigo Temple

KYOTO, Japan - A woman attempts to lift huge rice cakes weighing 90 kilograms during an annual ''rice-cake lifting'' competition in the compound of Daigoji Temple in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward on Feb. 23.

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Daigoji temple national treasures to be made open to public

KYOTO, Japan - The image of the Buddha Yakushi (Healing), flanked by those of two attendants, Nikko and Gakko, are shown to the press in the Yakushido Hall of the Daigoji temple in Kyoto on Aug. 9, one day before they are opened to the general public. All the images, designated as national treasures, are known to have been executed by the priest Eri (852-935) in 907. Their exhibition, only for an hour daily, is to last till Sept. 17.

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Giant rice cake lifting competition held in Kyoto

A woman tries to lift a giant rice cake during a strength competition at Daigoji Temple in the ancient Japanese city of Kyoto on Feb. 23, 2016. Around 50 men and women competed to see who could lift and then hold the rice cake aloft for the longest time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Giant rice cake lifting competition held in Kyoto

A woman tries to lift a giant rice cake during a strength competition at Daigoji Temple in the ancient Japanese city of Kyoto on Feb. 23, 2016. Around 50 men and women competed to see who could lift and then hold the rice cake aloft for the longest time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(corrected) Annual strength event at Kyoto's Daigoji

KYOTO, Japan - A woman tries to lift 90-kilogram rice cakes during an annual event at Daigoji Temple in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward on Feb. 23. A total of 45 men and women competed on how long they could keep holding up the rice cakes in the event, which has a history of more than 400 years. (Kyodo)

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Traditional rice cake lifting event in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A woman lifts a 90-kilogram rice cake during an annual event at Daigoji Temple in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward on Feb. 23. A total of 74 men and women aged between 12 and 64 competed to see how long they could keep holding up the rice cakes -- a 105-kg cake for men and a 90-kg one for women -- in the event, which has a history of more than 400 years. (Kyodo)

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Annual 'rice-cake lifting' competition held at Daigo Temple

KYOTO, Japan - A woman attempts to lift huge rice cakes weighing 90 kilograms during an annual ''rice-cake lifting'' competition in the compound of Daigoji Temple in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward on Feb. 23. (Kyodo)

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Daigoji temple national treasures to be made open to public

KYOTO, Japan - The image of the Buddha Yakushi (Healing), flanked by those of two attendants, Nikko and Gakko, are shown to the press in the Yakushido Hall of the Daigoji temple in Kyoto on Aug. 9, one day before they are opened to the general public. All the images, designated as national treasures, are known to have been executed by the priest Eri (852-935) in 907. Their exhibition, only for an hour daily, is to last till Sept. 17.