Kumano Magaibutsu (熊野磨崖仏) is a group of Buddhist statues carved in bas-relief into a tuff cliff on the Kunisaki Peninsula in Bungotakada, Ōita Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan.
[2] The term magaibutsu (磨崖仏) refers to a Buddhist figure carved directly into a natural rock faces or cliffside.
[8] Kumano Shrine and Taizo-ji are now separated as a result of the policies of shinbutsu-bunri instituted during the Meiji era.
[4] This is connected to the legend which says that Ninmon established 28 temples and 29,000 Buddhist statues on the Kunisaki Peninsula in the same year.
[8] The site is approximately 25 minutes by car from Usa Station which is on the JR Kyushu Nippō Main Line.
It consists of five thin-walled statues carved into the rock wall to the north of Motomiya Hachiman Shrine.
The composition consists of Fudō Myōō in the center, with Gokira Dōji and Bishamonten on the right and Jikokuten and Jizo Bosatsu on the left.