Among the twelve, only one image (called Haira Taisho (the Captain of Haira) in the temple legend and designated as a national treasure under the name of Kubira Taisho) was destroyed by an earthquake at the end of the Edo period. |
12躯のうち、1躯(寺伝では波夷羅(はいら)大将、国宝指定名称は宮比羅(くびら)大将)のみは江戸時代末期の地震で倒壊した。 |