Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 124252

Great Buddha of Kamakura

Artist / 作者
Uehara Konen上原古年
Date / 年代
1900-1933
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Heisei / artelino
Digital record / 画像記録
650 × 1400 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Artelino
Published by / 公開者
黒川トウマ
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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