Kōtoku-in is a Buddhist temple of the Jōdo-shū sect in the city of
Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The temple is renowned for its
"Great Buddha", an outdoor bronze statue of Amida Buddha which is one
of the most famous icons of Japan.
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The bronze Great Buddha statue dates to 1252, in the Kamakura
period. It was preceded by a giant wooden Buddha, which was completed in 1243
after ten years of continuous labor. That wooden statue was damaged by a storm
in 1248.
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Offerings to show respect a notice at the entrance to the grounds
reads, "Stranger, whosoever thou art and whatsoever be thy creed, when
thou enterest this sanctuary remember thou treadest upon ground hallowed by the
worship of ages. This is the Temple of Bhudda (sic) and the gate of the
eternal, and should therefore be entered with reverence."
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The statue is approximately 13.35 meters (43.8 ft) tall including
the base. The statue is hollow, and visitors can view the interior.
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Weight:
121 tons (267,000 pounds)
Height: 13.35 meters (43.8 ft)
Length of Face: 2.35 meters (7 ft 9 in)
Length of Eye: 1.0 meter (3 ft 3 in)
Length of Mouth: 0.82 meters (2 ft 8 in)
Length of Ear: 1.90 meters (6 ft 3 in)
Length from knee to knee: 9.10 meters (29.9
ft)
Circumference of thumb: 0.85 meters (2 ft 9
in)
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And lately at the temple is a little stone with some Japanese on
it that seems to have been there forever.
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