Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 115363
Great Buddha of Kamakura
- Artist / 作者
- Okuyama Gihachiro奥山儀八郎
- Date / 年代
- 1950-1959
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / artelino
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 995 × 1400 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Artelino
- Published by / 公開者
- 朝倉レン
- Rights / 権利
- All rights reserved / commercial reuse prohibited
- Attribution / 表記
- Artelino
Catalog note / 解説
Great Buddha of Kamakura. Located at Koutokuin temple in Kamakura, the Buddha is a giant metal statue of Amida Nyorai. Roughly 15 meters in height (the face itself nearly 2.5 meters long), this statue weighs 93 tons. The statue was cast in 1252 and originally located inside a large temple hall. However, the temple buildings were washed away by a tsunami tidal wave in the end of the 15th century, and since then the Buddha stands in the open air.
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