A Sculpture of a Buddhist Deity Made From 20,000 Beetles

A Sculpture of a Buddhist Deity Made From 20,000 Beetles

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. If you have any form of entomophobia or insectophobia I suggest you don’t read on.

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Institute For Honor 2015 “Robert E. Lee Honor In Defeat” With Gary Gallagher

Institute For Honor 2015 “Robert E. Lee Honor In Defeat” With Gary Gallagher

Gary W. Gallagher, Prof. Gary Gallagher on the U.S. Civil War, Historian Gary W. Gallagher on Command Relationships during the Civil War, Gary W. Gallagher, 2016 Cross Lecture: Gary W. Gallgher, Gary Gallagher on the Coy Barefoot Program | April 10, 2016 | S1E11

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