Kamakura Buddha Statue

Kamakura Buddha Statue - Kanagawa

2009/06/14

Earlier , I guess there was a post on Ajisai (Hydrangea) some two years back. This trip to Kamakura was made on the same day. Even though its a little bit late, I thought of sharing my experience on my trio to see the world famous Kamakura Buddha Statue.

This Buddha statue is situated in the Koutokuin temple in Kamakura. This Statue is one of the significant icons in Japan. This is made of bronze and is said to be nearly 800years old.

Weight : 93 tons
Height : 13.35m

The massive tsunami which hit Kanto area in 1923 had managed to move this massive bronze statue a good two feet from its original position.

Introduction

This great Buddha statue is hollowed so that visitors can enter the statue. Well , I should mention that inspite of the Coolness of the mid spring it was very hot inside. The picture below indicates the measures taken to strengthen the neck area of the statue to save it from earthquakes. This hollow indicates hollow of the neck and the head of the statue.

Inside the Buddha statue

techniques

The above information is about how the statue was built and how it was assembled to one big great statue. The point is all these were used some several hundred years ago.

bronze lotus trees

Buddha`s slippers

Special thanks go to Miss. Deguchi Terumi for introducing this place.

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