Buddhist statue in Japan honours Mongolian envoys

A Buddhist statue honouring Mongolian envoys to Japan has been completed at a temple in Tamana City in Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan. The statue was designed to appease the spirits of the Mongolian envoys who were sent to Japan as negotiators by Khubilai Khan in the 13th century but were executed by the Japanese. The statue, a war deity, was modelled after the former sumo grand champion, Asashoryu D. Dagvadorj of Mongolia. Asharoshyu has reportedly taken it as a very good omen.

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