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Art That Inspires Me: Japanese Buddhist Deity

December 12, 2018January 2, 2023 Alexandra Kiely (A Scholarly Skater)2 Comments

This installment of Art That Inspires Me features a Japanese Buddhist statue that appeared on a poster sent to me by the Yale University Art Gallery.

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