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Did you know... that the Japanese Buddhist temple of Gansen-ji has a 275-centimeter-tall (9.02 ft) statue of
Amitābha Buddha that was created in the year 946?
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Aoidh: Good article. Though "Gansen-ji has a wooden Japanese pagoda, two stone pagodas, and a stone chamber that have each been recognized as Nationally Designated Important Cultural Property." should be cited. Also, citation 8 should have a page number.
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Onegreatjoke: Thanks, I've copied the references from the subsequent sentences in that section to append to that sentence as well, and added the page number to the book (until I looked with fresh eyes I couldn't figure out how to tell what page that was). -
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03:02, 21 June 2023 (UTC)reply