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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
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New York Public Library Digital Gallery, early photograph of Kamakura Daibutsu from rear
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New York Public Library Digital Gallery, early photograph of Hyōgo Daibutsu
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Japan's oldest daibutsu and Buddhist statue, restored;
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Index

Great Buddha (disambiguation)
Daibutsuyō
kyūjitai
Japanese term
statues
Buddha
Asuka-dera
Tōdai-ji
Nara
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara
National Treasure

Great Buddha of Kyoto

Ushiku Daibutsu
Shōwa Daibutsu
Aomori
Aomori Prefecture
Hiraizumi
Iwate Prefecture
Ushiku Daibutsu
Amida Nyorai
lotus
Ushiku
Ibaraki Prefecture

Nihon-ji
Yakushi Nyorai
Kyonan

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