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Wooden Phoenix (Hi no Tori) sculpture in the museum atrium, © Tezuka Productions

Kyoto International Manga Museum · Karasuma-Oike

Object Hi no Tori (Phoenix)

Now showingPermanent collection·¥1,200

An 11-metre wooden Phoenix from Tezuka Osamu's manga, carved by a Kyoto Buddhist sculptor using traditional techniques and hung in the atrium since 2009.

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