Uchi River Rock Carvings

Gojō, Japan

Uchigawa Rock Carvings (Uchigawa magaihi) is a Nara Period Buddhist carving on a rock wall on the left bank of the Uchigawa River (a tributary of the Yoshino River) flowing through the Kojima-chō neighborhood of the city of Gojō, Nara Prefecture in the Kansai region, Japan. It was designated as a National Historic Sites of Japan in 1921.

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