Ogatamiyasako West Stone Buddhas

The Ogatamiyasako West Stone Buddhas (緒方宮迫西石仏, Ogatamiyasako nishi sekibutsu) is a group of religious statues carved in bas-relief into a tuff cliff in Ogata neighborhood of the city of Bungo-Ōno, Ōita Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan.

[1] Constructing Buddha statues out of stone is widely practiced in Buddhist areas in Asia.

Each has spiral hair, long faces, thick eyebrows, stern eyes, and full body, and the coloring remains in relatively good preservation.

is dotted with vermilion.The statues date from the late Heian period [2] Approximately 500 meters away is the Ogatamiyasako East Stone Buddhas, which is also designated as a National Historic Site.

The site is approximately 36 minutes walk from Ogata Station on the JR Kyushu Hōhi Main Line.