Heian
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Toyama Heian Period
794 – 1185
A Heian-period bronze staff-head found atop Mt. Dainichi in 1893, with twin dragons and a lotus-pedestal vase — one of fewer than a dozen survivors. Tateyama Museum.
Five figures emerge from a tuff boulder at Nisseki-ji in Toyama. The Fudō Myōō at the centre, over three metres tall, is Hokuriku's largest rock-carved Buddha image.