The American scholar of Asian cultures Ernest Fenollosa describes the Guze Kannon he uncovered at Hōryū-ji along with the Tamamushi Shrine as ”two great monuments of sixth-century Corean Art”.
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He was a son of Muryeong of Baekje and is best known for making Buddhism the state religion, moving the national capital to Sabi (present-day Buyeo County), and reclaiming the center of the Korean Peninsula.
Baekje | Seong | Kim Seong-Yeon | Kim Seong-Ho | Bunseo of Baekje | A pair of king's earrings, made from gold and jade, early 6th century (Baekje). From tomb of Muryeong of Baekje |