Daibutsu
Appearance
Daibutsu (大仏; kyūjitai 大佛) or 'giant Buddha' is the Japanese term, often used informally, for large statues of Buddha. The oldest is that at Asuka-dera (609) and the best-known is that at Tōdai-ji in Nara (752). Tōdai-ji's daibutsu is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara and National Treasure.
Examples
Image | Name | Buddha | Size | Date | Municipality | Prefecture | Comments |
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File:Aomori Buddha.jpeg | Shōwa Daibutsu (昭和大仏)[1] | 21.35 metres (70.0 ft) | 1984 | Aomori | Aomori Prefecture | ||
Ganmen Daibutsu (岩面大仏) | 16.5 metres (54.1 ft) | Hiraizumi | Iwate Prefecture | Low relief carving at Takkoku no Iwa (達谷窟) | |||
File:Ushikudaibutsu-ibaraki-japan-daytime-fullimage.jpg | Ushiku Daibutsu (牛久大仏)[2] | Amida Nyorai | 120 metres (393.7 ft) including base and lotus (20 metres (65.6 ft)) | 1993 | Ushiku | Ibaraki Prefecture | Japan's largest daibutsu |
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Nihon-ji Daibutsu]] (日本寺大仏)[3] | Yakushi Nyorai | 31.05 metres (101.9 ft) | Edo period | Kyonan | Chiba Prefecture | Carved in the 1780s and 90s by Jingoro Eirei Ono and his apprentices and restored to its present form in 1969. Japan's largest pre-modern (and largest stone-carved) daibutsu. The same site is also home to another large Buddha carving, the Hyakushaku Kannon[citation needed] |
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Kamagaya Daibutsu (鎌ヶ谷大仏) | 2.3 metres (7.5 ft), including base (0.5 metres (1.6 ft)) | Kamagaya | Chiba Prefecture | Japan's smallest daibutsu[citation needed] | ||
Former Ueno Daibutsu (上野大仏)[4] | Shaka Nyorai | 1631 | Taitō | Tokyo | Heavily damaged in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake and melted down for the war effort | ||
File:Tokyo daibutsu.JPG | Tokyo Daibutsu (東京大仏)[5] | 13 metres (42.7 ft) including base | 1977 | Itabashi | Tokyo | Weighs thirty tons; at Jōren-ji (乗蓮寺); erected in expiation of the Great Kantō earthquake and the war | |
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Kamakura Daibutsu (鎌倉大仏)[6] | Amida Nyorai | 13.35 metres (43.8 ft) | c.1252 | Kamakura | Kanagawa Prefecture | Subject of the poem The Buddha at Kamakura by Rudyard Kipling; National Treasure |
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Takaoka Daibutsu (高岡大仏) | Amida Nyorai | 15.85 metres (52.0 ft) | 1981 | Takaoka | Toyama Prefecture | At Daibutsu-ji (大佛寺) |
Echizen Daibutsu (越前大仏)[7] | 17 metres (55.8 ft) | Katsuyama | Fukui Prefecture | ||||
Gifu Daibutsu (岐阜大仏)[8] | Shaka Nyorai | 13.63 metres (44.7 ft) | 1828 | Gifu | Gifu Prefecture | ||
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error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 1660s | Kyoto | Kyoto Prefecture | Sketch of c.1691 by Engelbert Kaempfer | ||
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Nara Daibutsu (奈良大仏)[9] | Vairocana | 14.98 metres (49.1 ft) | 752 | Nara | Nara Prefecture | Restored several times; part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site: Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara; National Treasure |
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Asuka Daibutsu (飛鳥大仏)[10][11] | Shaka Nyorai | 2.75 metres (9.0 ft) | 609 | Asuka | Nara Prefecture | Japan's oldest daibutsu and Buddhist statue, restored; Important Cultural Property |
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Former Hyōgo Daibutsu (兵庫大仏)[12] | 1891 | Kobe | Hyōgo Prefecture | At Nōfuku-ji (能福寺); melted down in 1944 for the war effort[citation needed] and since replaced |
See also
References
- ^ "Shōwa Daibutsu". Seiryū-ji. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
- ^ "Ushiku Daibutsu". Ushiku Daibutsu. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
- ^ "Nihonji Daibutsu". Nihon-ji. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
- ^ "Ueno Daibutsu". Daily Yomiuri. 30 March 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
- ^ "Tokyo Daibutsu". Itabashi Ward. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
- ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
- ^ Katsuyama History "Katsuyama Profile". Katsuyama City. Retrieved 4 December 2007.
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value (help) - ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
- ^ "Sandaibutsu". Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
- ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
- ^ "Daibutsu Hyogo". Nagasaki University Library. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Category:Buddha statues in Japan.
- Photographs and information on famous Daibutsu
- New York Public Library Digital Gallery, early photograph of Kamakura Daibutsu from rear
- New York Public Library Digital Gallery, early photograph of Hyōgo Daibutsu