Buddhist relief sculpture on the Abukuma granite @Buddhist relief sculpture (1709) in Katsurao village, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, is engraved on the Abukuma granite, a famous building stone called gMikage-ishih. The relief was donated by Shigetomo, a second generation of Matsumoto Sankuro family which has governed the village hundreds of years ago. The family constructed the big house called gKatsurao daijinh in the village, and was holding 100 or more employees. At present, the half of the residents in the Katsurao village has the family name of Matsumoto and has a relation with gKatsurao daijinh. |