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Statue names mixed up for 350 years at Miyagi Pref. temple

Statue names mixed up for 350 years at Miyagi Pref. temple

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows 17th-century wooden statues of head priests at the Zuiganji temple in the town of Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture -- the statues of Hosshin (L) and Ungo. Their names were mixed up for nearly 350 years until 1999. Hosshin was the temple's head priest in the 13th century and Ungo was a 17th-century head priest, who in 1636 oversaw the temple's restoration to its present form.

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Statue names mixed up for 350 years at Miyagi Pref. temple

Statue names mixed up for 350 years at Miyagi Pref. temple

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows 17th-century wooden statues of head priests at the Zuiganji temple in the town of Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture -- the statues of Hosshin (L) and Ungo. Their names were mixed up for nearly 350 years until 1999. Hosshin was the temple's head priest in the 13th century and Ungo was a 17th-century head priest, who in 1636 oversaw the temple's restoration to its present form.

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