Vice chairman of the Gunma Stone Buddha Association, Mr. Fujii has information on 1400
of the 2100 two-bodied ancenstral gods said to exist in the prefecture and on Koushin
towers, horse-headed Kannons, 12 mountain gods, and other stone Buddhist objects inside
and outside Gunma.
While his research notes fill more than 40 volumes, he also has collected post-war New
Year postcards and commemorative stamps, 300 kites from all over Japan, and around 1000
bamboo, paper and clay dolls. |