Show FABLED STATUES OF JAPAN Interesting Le Lends Lenda That Are Told of Famous Wood Carver Carve and the Go Gods Goos a of Nippon Unkel the son of a n fisherman and andIn andin In his youth nn en humble fl fisherman hrman him self If was responsible for one ODe of the most J epochs In the history of Japanese wood WOOl sculpture writes El EI sib file F. F Welt Well In Asia His Ills name caine Is Isa Isn isa a n household J word to the Japanese se The story It or Is told toM by those who ho bo are supposed to know that the king of the was n r irritated Irrl- Irrl that Unkel hOlt never nedi done him Justice JustLee although the sculptor bad had e at t. t tempted to carve t Jils I Image age many times So So when he died the king of dead Buddhist B souls fouls sent Unkel Unkei Inck to earth orth that after having seen een the lie god Jl be lie might ll ht ninke a n faithful por trait The result may be seen 80 today in n the temple JI nt at at where Unkel's statue of Emma cruel savage In Its strength strikes terror terror ter ter- ter Into the hearts of nIT nil who fear feor to meet the Judge of Hell lIcIT There are many delightful legends I about old statues of the gods In the Hase finse temple nt at high on I Ithe the crest of n a bill hill overlooking o the hay bay Is n a great glided gilded K of camphor c wood wood wood-un nn 11 li Image of the GO Goddess God 1 de dess s of Mercy which Mercy which for centuries has harkened to th the pru prayers ers of ot the fishermen A long time ago ogo In that dim past when dragons were vere abroad o 0 the land laud and gods condescended to play ploy with men some fishermen saw a 8 areat I reat light shining out at sea sen They In their junks toward the light and found th the tho Image of floatIng float float- Ing tog on the water vater The They dedicated a 1 temple to the Image and ever er since have w worshiped at her shrine At the same time a n similar Image of also made of camphor wood Oo floated ted In In at nf Tomato Yamato and ond was placed In the the- no a temple that was the favorite resort of courtiers In the Nora Nara period It ItIs ItIs Itis Is still today a popular temple for pilgrims pil grims grinis who come In the spring when the cherries ore are In full ull blossom and andall andall andall all the lanter lanterns s ar are lighted to transport transport trans trans- port themselves back to the do days daya when hen the gods were ere young |