Yakusugi Single-Wood Carving Kannon Bosatsu Statue Dimensions: Approximately Height 14cm x Width 4cm x Depth 3.5cm Material: Yakusugi (Yakushima Cedar) with Yakusugi Brand Yakushima, registered as a World Heritage site. Yakusugi, whose new felling is prohibited, is also called "the tree where gods reside," and refers to trees over a thousand years old. This is a very rare work, a "Kannon Bosatsu statue" made from this rare sacred Yakusugi. Shokannon (Holy Kannon) has a treasure crown with a Buddha image of Amida Nyorai, holds a rosary in her right hand to liberate from earthly desires, and a water bottle in her left hand to pour infinite merit, a traditional design of Shokannon.