A Sculpture of a Buddhist Deity Made From 20,000 Beetles www.spoon-tamago.com

posted by  banzaitokyo | 7 years, 1 month ago in Art & Culture

Located roughly an hour north from central Tokyo is a fairly nondescript government building: Itakura Town Hall in Gifu prefecture. The building houses a small gallery that counts among its collections various obscure pottery work and paintings as well as a glass-enclosed sculpture of a Buddhist deity made from roughly 20,000 beetles in numerous varieties.