Japan’s crying Virgin Mary statue
03 Mar 2008
This 1979 photograph shows the teary-eyed Our Lady of Akita statue at the Seitai Hoshikai (The Institute of the Handmaids of the Holy Eucharist) convent in Akita prefecture. In January 1975, 12 years after a local sculptor carved the statue from the wood of a Japanese Judas tree, it began to cry. Over the next 6 years, around 2,000 witnesses reported seeing the statue weep 101 times. The quantity and frequency of the tears varied each time — sometimes the statue cried a few times per day, and sometimes it went months, and even years, without crying. The statue, which is still housed at the Akita convent, shed its final tears in September 1981.
[Photo: Kanshin]
[…] 这个摄于1979年的照片显示的是位于秋田的流泪的圣母雕像，在秋田县的圣体圣事修道院。1975年1月当地的雕塑家用日本犹大树雕刻塑像，它就开始哭泣。 6年后， 2000年左右，目击者报告说，看见雕像流泪101倍。流泪的数量和频率每次都不同-有时一天哭几次，有时几个月，甚至几年也不哭。该塑像仍然居住在秋田修道院，最后的以此流泪是在1981年的9月。 link […]
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[…] All good. Just having a read of that blog, and saw a couple of posts about Akita. There was once a crying Virgin Mary statue in Akita City. Carved from a Judas tree. Is that ironic or just a coincidence? It stopped crying in 1981. […]
Me and my Family have visited the Crying Lady of Akita years ago and wanted to comeback with a couple of our friends. Do you have any program for such short time visit? Accommodations available? How about tour packages? Will appreciate suggestions by way of immediate reply.
Thanks.
Atty. NICANOR H. LAZARO
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