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title: Prince Shotoku Statue
author: PHGCOM
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6409/prince-shotoku-statue/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Prince Shotoku Statue
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6409.jpg)
## Image Caption
A statue of [Prince Shotoku](https://www.worldhistory.org/Prince_Shotoku/), the legendary Japanese ruler and founder of Japanese [Buddhism](https://www.worldhistory.org/buddhism/) (r. 594-622 CE). (Musee Guimet, [Paris](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/paris/))
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PHGCOM. (2017, March 08). Prince Shotoku Statue. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shotoku_Taishi.jpg) by [**PHGCOM**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shotoku_Taishi.jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 08 March 2017. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.