Sage Art Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands

Sage Art Wood Release: True Several Thousand Handsedit
仙法・木遁・真数千手­ (Senpō: Mokuton: Shin Sūsenju)
Name
Literal English	Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands
Viz print media	Sage Art: Wood Style: Shinsu Senju, Veritable 1000-Armed Kan'on
Debut
Manga	Volume #65, Naruto Chapter #621
Appears in	Manga
Data
Classification	Kekkei Genkai, Senjutsu, Ninjutsu
Nature	Wood Release
Class	Supplementary
Range	Long range (10m+)
Other jutsu
Parent jutsu	Sage Mode
Derived jutsu
Kanzeon Lotus King All is Suffering Top Transformed Buddha Top Transformed Buddha
Related jutsu
Wood Release: Wood Human Technique, Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique
Users
Hashirama Senju

After entering Sage Mode, Hashirama creates a wooden statue of titanic proportions, easily able to dwarf a tailed beast like Kurama. Thousands of hands emanate from the statue's back in countless concentric rows, while its two main hands are clasped as if in prayer. The statue can serve a variety of purposes in battle from fighting on Hashirama's behalf, to defending and even using other techniques with it.

Influence

This technique seems to be influenced by the Buddhist bodhisattva of compassion, Avalokiteśvara, also known as "Senju Kannon" (千手観音, Thousand-Armed Kannon).

One prominent story tells of Kannon vowing never to rest until he had freed all beings from Saṃsāra. After strenuous effort, but struggling to comprehend the needs of so many who still had yet to be saved, his head splits into eleven pieces. The Buddha Amida, seeing his plight, gives him eleven heads with which to hear the cries of the suffering. Upon hearing and comprehending these cries, Kannon attempted to reach out to all those who needed aid, but found that his two arms shattered into pieces. Once more, Amida comes to his aid and grants him a thousand arms with which to aid the suffering.

Trivia

• The creature created through the Wood Release: Wood Human Technique actually sits atop the head of this wooden statue.