Not open to the public, but can be visited only on special occasions.
Right : 妙音弁財天御尊像 Mao On Ben Zai Ten Go Son Zo
Also known as “Naked Benzaiten,” this seated statue depicts a nude figure holding a biwa (Japanese lute). It is a very rare figure with all the symbols of a woman, and is considered a masterpiece from the mid Kamakura period (1185-1333) onward. It is believed to be a masterpiece from the mid Kamakura period (1185-1333). *Open to the public in the Bongan-den Hall.
Left : 八臂弁財天御尊像 happi Ben Tai Ten Go Son Zo
It was made in the early Kamakura period (1185-1333). When Minamoto no Yoritomo established the shogunate in Kamakura, he ordered Bunkaku Shonin to build the statue to pray to Fujiwara no Hidehira of Oshu for his subjugation, and it is written in Azuma Kagami (Azuma Kagami) that he made the priest pray for 21 days. In the Edo period (1603-1867), the eight-armed Benzaiten was widely worshipped as a god of victory and luck by both the samurai class and the general public. *Open to the public in the Bongan-den Hall.
