This statue is a replica of the Japanese national treasure, Miroku Bosatsu Hanka Shiyui Zou from the Asuka period, lasting from 538 to 710 (or 592 to 645). Hanka Shiyui refers to the posture in which the statue is contemplating while putting its right legs onto its left lap
Miroku Bosatsu will come down into the world of 5.6 billion and 70 million years after the death of Buddha. His posture represents his pondering of the way of saving the people when such time comes. Miroku Bosatsu’s beautiful smile is said to have a therapeutic effect on our mental state