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Temple offers reward for clues to stolen Buddha image

FUKUOKA, Japan - A statue of Yakushi Nyorai or medicine Buddha is shown in this file photo taken in December 2009. Supporters of Myoryuzan Yakushido, a Buddhist temple in Nakama, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, announced a decision on Dec. 24, 2014, to pay a cash reward of 2 million yen for key information leading to the discovery of the statue stolen in 2010.

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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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The Yomeimon Gate,Toshogu Shrine,Nikko

Yomeimon Gate is visible in the centre, viewed from in front of the main hall of Nikko Toshogu. A yaotome (young woman who performs sacred dances) is seen at the Kaguraden. The English caption says Yakushido, but only the roof of that building is visible to the far right.==Date:1904, Place:Nikko, Photo:Underwood, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number97‐60‐0]

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Kiga Spa

This photo was taken before the spa town of Kiga was lost in a big fire in 1892 and before the new road between Miyanoshita and Miyagino opened in 1889. Jindairo of Kameya Inn and the entrance facing the new road can be seen. Yakushido is visible behind Kameya Inn. The buildings before them are Matsuzakaya Inn and Sengokuya Inn. The building half covered by the trees on the left is Chokairo of Matsuzakaya. Hayakawa Valley is in the right foreground.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number93‐38‐0]

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Kiga Spa

This is the spa town of Kiga before the new road to Miyagino opened in 1889. The torii gate a little far back is Yakushido ( a Buddhist temple hall housing a statue of the Buddha of healing,) and the building on the left is Yuyoin. The buildings before them belong to Kameya Inn. The house on the right is Jindairo. Matsuzakaya Inn is across from it on the other side of Susawa River. The building with a white wall on the left is Chokairo of Matsuzakaya Inn. Finally the one in the foreground is Sengokuya. Hayakawa Rver is visible on the right and continues to Kiga Valley.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐23‐0]

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Carvings on the Yomeimon Gate,Toshogu Shrine,Nikko

This is the south side of the 220m corridor that stretches east to west from the sodebei wall of Yomeimon at Nikko Toshogu. The south side is decorated with 25 different carvings. A candlestick is attached to each carving to light the corridor. The building in the back is the Honjido (Yakushido), famous for its meiryu (crying dragon).==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐58‐2]

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The cloisters of the Yomeimon Gate,Toshogu Shrine,Nikko

This is the south side of the 220m corridor that stretches east to west from the sodebei wall of Yomeimon at Nikko Toshogu. The south side is decorated with 25 different carvings. A candlestick is attached to each carving to light the corridor. The building in the back is the Honjido (Yakushido), famous for its meiryu (crying dragon).==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number47‐25‐0]

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Kiga Spa

A photo of the Kiga Spa from the direction of the present KKR Hakone Summer house. Haya River runs in the centre, and Suzawa River flows in from the left, and over the river are seen Kameya, Yakushido and Sengokuya to the fore etc. Kiga was a prosperous spa during the Meiji era. The mountain to the rear is Myojingadake.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number28‐2‐0]

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Yakushi-do Temple,Motomura,Yokohama

The Yakushido at Zotokuin Temple in Motomachi, Yokohama.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number20‐2‐0]

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Hall of worship of yakushido temple at YOKOHAMA honmura

The main hall of Zotokuin Temple in Motomachi, Yokohama.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number20‐3‐0]

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View in front of the gate of YOKOHAMA sotokuin temple

A view in front of the gate of Zotokuin in Motomachi, Yokohama. The roof on the left of the main building is the Yakushido.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number16‐36‐0]

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The Yomeimon Gate,Toshogu Shrine,Nikko

In front of the Yomei gate stand the bell tower and drum tower within the compounds to the left, and the Honjido is to the rear. It was called Honjido because the Yakushinyorai, the honjibutsu (main Buddha of worship) of Tokugawa Ieyasu, was enshrined there, but at present it is called Yakushido. A dragon is painted on the ceiling, and when one claps, the ceiling echoes, so it is called nakiryu (crying dragon). The steps to the Yomei gate and corridor are seen to the right.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number15‐31‐0]

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The Yomeimon Gate,Toshogu Shrine,Nikko

In front of the Yomei gate stand the bell tower and the drum tower within the compounds to the left, and the Honjido to the rear. It was called Honjido because the Yakushi nyorai, which was the main Buddha of worship of Tokugawa Ieyasu, was enshrined there, but at present it is called Yakushido. A dragon is painted on the ceiling, and when visitors clap, the sound echoes. The painting is thus called nakiryu (crying dragon). The steps to the Yomei gate and corridor are seen to the right.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number14‐13‐0]

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The Dutch Lantern,Toshogu Shrine,Nikko

The turning lantern donated by the king of the Netherlands is placed in front of the Yomei Gate. In the rear is a drum tower, and further to the rear is the Honjido. It was called Honjiido because it enshrined the Yakushinyorai, or Honji Butsu of Tokugawa Ieyasu, but at present is called Yakushido. To the right, the steps to the Yomei Gate and a corridor are visible.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number6‐24‐0]

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Yakushido temple at motomachi

The caption reads Temple, Yokohama, in English, but this is a photo of the Yakushido within the premises of Zotokuin in Motomachi, which was a temple standing next to the foreign settlement across the River Hori. The stone wall is the earth bank of Horikawa, and the photo was taken from the other side of the river.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number3‐7‐0]

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Temple offers reward for clues to stolen Buddha image

FUKUOKA, Japan - A statue of Yakushi Nyorai or medicine Buddha is shown in this file photo taken in December 2009. Supporters of Myoryuzan Yakushido, a Buddhist temple in Nakama, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, announced a decision on Dec. 24, 2014, to pay a cash reward of 2 million yen for key information leading to the discovery of the statue stolen in 2010. (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.