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This is a picture of the high altar at Sensoji Temple in Tokyo, Japan, which is protected by a screen. In 645 CE, the renowned Buddhist priest Shokai visited Tokyo and built a hall for the worship of the Bodhisattva Kannon. (Many thus attribute Shokai as being the actual founder of Sensoji Temple.) Sensoji Temple grew in popularity in the mid-9th century CE when Ennin (794-864 CE), the head of the Tendai School of Buddhism, visited Sensoji Temple, and created a statue of Kannon for pilgrims and worshipers. Since then, Sensoji Temple has flourished, remaining a center of culture and worship in Tokyo.
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Wiener, J. B. (2018, January 11). High Altar at Sensoji Temple. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7879/high-altar-at-sensoji-temple/
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