Buddhist Kannon 15cm Hideo Makita of Takaoka copperware statue, Horse-Headed Bodhisattva, (gold plated/24k gold) Sculptor Model "Guardian

―🔹―🔹―🔹―🔹―🔹―🔹―🔹―🔹―🔹―🔹―🔹―🔹― 🛫【Certified Store on JOOM】 A Japanese seller delivering high-quality products across borders! 📦【Shipped from Japan】 We pack carefully and deliver promptly and securely. 🔍【Strict Inspection Based on Japanese Quality Standards】 Only carefully selected products of excellent quality are delivered. 📒【Japanese Instruction Manual May Be Included】 We recommend using a text recognition app for translation. 👍【If you are satisfied with the product, please "Follow" our store and leave a review!】 Your support means a lot to us 💖 ―🔹―🔹―🔹―🔹―🔹―🔹―🔹―🔹―🔹―🔹―🔹―🔹― Series: Guardian deity (Takaoka copperware) Body size: H 15 x W 6.5 x D 6.5 cm (length 7.5 cm) Weight: 570 g ◆Product contents: Main unit in gift box Material: Alloy (modeled by Buddhist sculptor Shuun Makita) with pure gold plating finish [Takaoka Copperware / Made in Japan] ◇ (Guardian deity for animals) This is a domestically cast metal Buddha. It is a size that can be enjoyed in daily life as a memorial for pets and livestock, as a talisman for the health of animals, or as a tasteful piece of interior decor. Bato Kannon Bodhisattva (Bato Kannon Bodhisattva) - Protector of health, animal rescue, protection from misfortune, safe travels, and road safety. Kannon Bodhisattva originated from the myth that Vishnu, the supreme god of Hinduism, transformed into a horse's head to defeat his enemies. Counted as one of the six Kannon, it is the transformed form of Kannon Bodhisattva that appears in the realm of animals. It is said that the fierceness of its anger crushes suffering and evil, and that it eats up worldly desires just as a horse eats grass, thus removing disasters. While other Kannon statues tend to have beautiful feminine expressions, Bato Kannon is depicted with an angry and rageful expression, and is sometimes called Bato Myoo. Since it appears in the realm of animals with a horse's head on its head, it is believed to be a guardian deity for safe travels and for praying for the safety and health of livestock, and is also worshipped as a guardian deity for road safety and travel, with a horse as a means of transportation on its head, and stone Bato Kannon statues came to be placed on roadsides. In the past, horses were a part of the lives of both samurai and farmers, and are widely recognized as Buddha statues dedicated to horses. These Buddha statues are often enshrined near racetracks to commemorate horses that have died in accidents during races.