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Japan Old Postcard Maitreya Dry Lacquer Statue Horyuji Tenpyo Period 彌勒菩薩乾漆像天平時代

Publisher: 大和法隆寺發行 Hōryū-ji Horyu Buddhist Temple
Background: Maitreya (Sanskrit) or Metteyya (Pali) is regarded as a future Buddha of this world in Buddhist eschatology. In some Buddhist literature, such as the Amitabha Sutra and the Lotus Sutra, the being is referred to as Ajita.

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