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Daibutsu

{{Short description|Statues of Buddha in Japan}}

{{For|such statues outside of Japan|Great Buddha (disambiguation)}}

{{For|the Japanese architectural style|Daibutsuyō}}

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{{nihongo|Daibutsu|大仏|extra=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).{{citation |last=Bamforth |first=Chris|title=The capital delights of Nara | newspaper=The Japan Times |date=26 May 2006 |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/05/26/travel/the-capital-delights-of-nara/#.W-emJuKIaSo}} The Tōdai-ji Daibutsu is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site as one of the seven Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara and a National Treasure.

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{{nihongo|Shōwa Daibutsu|昭和大仏}}{{cite web |url=http://www.showa-daibutu.com/ |title=Shōwa Daibutsu |publisher=Seiryū-ji |accessdate=23 May 2011}}{{Convert|21.35|m|ft|1}}1984AomoriAomori Prefecture
{{nihongo|Ganmen Daibutsu|岩面大仏}}{{Convert|16.5|m|ft|1}}HiraizumiIwate PrefectureLow relief carving at {{nihongo|Takkoku no Iwaya|達谷窟}}
{{nihongo|Ushiku Daibutsu|牛久大仏}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ushikukankou.com/ushikudaibutsu_sugao.htm |title=Ushiku Daibutsu |publisher=Ushiku Daibutsu |accessdate=23 May 2011}}Amida Nyorai{{Convert|120|m|ft|1}} including base and lotus ({{Convert|20|m|ft|1}})1993UshikuIbaraki PrefectureJapan's largest daibutsu
150px{{nihongo|Nihon-ji Daibutsu|日本寺大仏}}{{cite web |url=http://www.nihonji.jp/revival/index.html |title=Nihonji Daibutsu |publisher=Nihon-ji |accessdate=23 May 2011}}Yakushi Nyorai{{Convert|31.05|m|ft|1}}1790KyonanChiba PrefectureCarved 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|date=May 2011}}
150px{{nihongo|Kamagaya Daibutsu|鎌ヶ谷大仏}}Shaka Nyorai{{Convert|2.3|m|ft|1}}, including base ({{Convert|0.5|m|ft|1}})1776KamagayaChiba PrefectureJapan's smallest daibutsu made of bronze{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}}
150px{{nihongo|Former Ueno Daibutsu|上野大仏}}{{cite news |url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/e-japan/siseki/20100413-OYT8T00589.htm |title=Ueno Daibutsu |work=Daily Yomiuri |date=30 March 2010 |accessdate=23 May 2011 |archive-date=16 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111116042737/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/e-japan/siseki/20100413-OYT8T00589.htm |url-status=dead }}Shaka Nyorai1631TaitōTokyoHeavily damaged in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake and melted down for the war effort
{{nihongo|Tokyo Daibutsu|東京大仏}}{{cite web |url=http://www.city.itabashi.tokyo.jp/c_kurashi/003/003913.html |title=Tokyo Daibutsu |publisher=Itabashi Ward |accessdate=23 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121212020700/http://www.city.itabashi.tokyo.jp/c_kurashi/003/003913.html |archive-date=12 December 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{Convert|13|m|ft|1}} including base1977ItabashiTokyoWeighs thirty tons; at {{nihongo|Jōren-ji|乗蓮寺}}; erected in expiation of the Great Kantō earthquake and the war
150px{{nihongo|Kamakura Daibutsu|鎌倉大仏}}{{cite web |url=https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/270 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223154741/https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/270 |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 December 2019 |title=Database of National Cultural Properties |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=23 May 2011 }}Amida Nyorai{{Convert|13.35|m|ft|1}}1252KamakuraKanagawa PrefectureSubject of the poem The Buddha at Kamakura by Rudyard Kipling; National Treasure
150px{{nihongo|Takaoka Daibutsu|高岡大仏}}Amida Nyorai{{Convert|15.85|m|ft|1}}1981TakaokaToyama PrefectureAt {{nihongo|Daibutsu-ji|大佛寺}}
{{nihongo|Echizen Daibutsu|越前大仏}}{{cite web|url=http://www.city.katsuyama.fukui.jp/english/english.html |title=Katsuyama Profile |publisher=Katsuyama City |accessdate=4 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007101616/http://www.city.katsuyama.fukui.jp/english/english.html |archivedate=7 October 2007}}{{Convert|17|m|ft|1}}KatsuyamaFukui Prefecture
150px{{nihongo|Gifu Daibutsu|岐阜大仏}}{{cite web |url=http://www.gifu-daibutsu.com/shohoji/english.html |title=Gifu Shouhouji Daibutsu (Great Buddha) |publisher=Shōhō-ji |accessdate=4 December 2007 |archive-date=11 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711092459/http://www.gifu-daibutsu.com/shohoji/english.html |url-status=dead }}Shaka Nyorai{{Convert|13.63|m|ft|1}}1828GifuGifu PrefectureAt Shōhō-ji (正法寺)
150px{{nihongo|Former Hōkō-ji Daibutsu|方広寺大仏}}1660sKyotoKyoto PrefectureSketch of c.1691 by Engelbert Kaempfer
150px{{nihongo|Nara Daibutsu|奈良大仏}}{{cite web |url=https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/271 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223151745/https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/271 |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 December 2019 |title=Database of National Cultural Properties |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=23 May 2011 }}Vairocana{{Convert|14.98|m|ft|1}}752NaraNara PrefectureRestored several times; part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site: Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara; National Treasure
150px{{nihongo|Asuka Daibutsu|飛鳥大仏}}{{cite web |url=http://www.aisf.or.jp/~jaanus/deta/s/sandaibutsu.htm |title=Sandaibutsu |publisher=Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System |accessdate=23 May 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/4256 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223154739/https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/4256 |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 December 2019 |title=Database of National Cultural Properties |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=23 May 2011 }}Shaka Nyorai{{Convert|2.75|m|ft|1}}609AsukaNara PrefectureJapan's oldest daibutsu and Buddhist statue, restored; Important Cultural Property
150px{{nihongo|Former Hyōgo Daibutsu|兵庫大仏}}{{cite web |url=http://oldphoto.lb.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/en/target.php?id=1044 |title=Daibutsu Hyogo |publisher=Nagasaki University Library |accessdate=23 May 2011}}1891KobeHyōgo PrefectureAt {{nihongo|Nōfuku-ji|能福寺}}; melted down in 1944 for the war effort{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}} and since replaced
({{nihongo|Nehanzo | 涅槃仏}}{{cite web|title=Karmic Cleansing|url=http://www.macleans.ca/society/life/karmic-cleansing/|website=Macleans.ca|accessdate=9 December 2015}}Gautama Buddha{{Convert|41|m|ft|1}} (length)1899SasaguriFukuoka PrefectureAt Nanzoin (南蔵院); contains ashes of The Buddha and two of his disciples.

There are also several in Aichi Prefecture.

https://www.aichi-now.jp/en/features/detail/4/

See also

References

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External links

{{Commons category|Monumental statues of Buddha}}

  • [http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/big-buddha-japan.shtml Photographs and information on famous Daibutsu]
  • [http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=138557&imageID=119545&word=japan&s=1¬word=&d=&c=&f=&lWord=&lField=&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&total=1807&num=108&imgs=12&pNum=&pos=111 New York Public Library Digital Gallery, early photograph of Kamakura Daibutsu from rear]
  • [http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=139476&imageID=110013&word=japan&s=1¬word=&d=&c=&f=&lWord=&lField=&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&total=1807&num=588&imgs=12&pNum=&pos=595 New York Public Library Digital Gallery, early photograph of Hyōgo Daibutsu]

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