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Great Buddha (the Daibutsu), Kamakura, ca. 1906
Title
Great
Buddha
(the
Daibutsu)
,
Kamakura
,
ca.
1906
Photographer
Unknown
Date
ca. 1906
Notes
Caption
on
image:
Daibutsu
Kamakura
Handwritten
on
image:
Kamakura.
June
24th
1906.
Dating
back
to the
13th
century.
PH
Coll
8
Japan.126
Contextual Notes
The
Great
Buddha
of
Kamakura
is
a
bronze
statue
of
Amida
Buddha
that
is
located
on the
grounds
of the
Kotokuin
Temple.
With a
height
of
13.35
meters
,
it
is
the
second
largest
Buddha
statue
in
Japan.
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.
Location Depicted
Japan--Kamakura-shi
Subjects (LCTGM)
Buddhas--Japan--Kamakura-shi
Subjects (LCSH)
Kōtokuin (Kamakura-shi, Japan)<
br>
Statues--Japan--Kamakura-shi
Digital Collection
International Collections
Order Number
INC0112
Ordering Information
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Repository
University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Repository Collection
Postcard
Collection.
PH
Coll
8
Object Type
Postcard
Physical Description
3.5 x 5.5 in.
Digital Reproduction Information
Scanned from original text at 150 dpi in color, saved in JPEG format and resized to 768 ppi horizontal. Saved at compression rate 3. 2004
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