| Title |
Kamakura Daibutsu [048] |
| Photo Number |
Box 30, Japan, Kamakura Daibutsu, 54 |
| Description |
Photo (detail: hands / mudra) showing the Great Buddha (Daibutsu) bronze statue of Amida Buddha at Kōtoku-in Temple. Cast in 1252 (Kamakura period) by Ono Goroemon, it is forty-four feet high, weighs approximately ninety-three tons and is located in Kamakura, Japan |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Date |
1976 |
| Subject |
Buddhist sculpture--Japan--Kamakura--Photographs; Buddhist shrines--Japan--Kamakura--Photographs; Buddhist temples--Japan--Kamakura--Photographs; Kōtokuin (Kamakura-shi, Japan)--Photographs; Gesture--Japan--Kamakura--Photographs |
| Keywords |
Kamakura Daibutsu; Kōtoku-in; Buddha Statue |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Holding Institution |
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Spatial Coverage |
Honshu (Japan); Kanagawa-ken (Japan); Kamakura-shi (Japan) |
| Caption on Slide |
Mudra of Meditation (detail). Great Buddha (Daibutsu) bronze statue of Amida Buddha at Kōtoku-in Temple, cast in 1252 (Kamakura period) by Ono Goroemon, it is forty-four feet high, weighs approximately ninety-three tons and is located in Kamakura, Japan. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: In Japanese, Great Buddha of Kamakura; a colossal bronze buddha image located at kōtokuin, a jōdoshū temple in Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The Kamakura daibutsu is a huge bronze statue of Amida (S. amitābha) and is one of Japan's most renowned buddha images. It is forty-four feet high and weighs about ninety-three tons. --The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Credo Reference Database. |
| Type |
Image |
| Rights Management |
This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. |
| Rights |
 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6rj51ks |
| Digitization Specifications |
Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000. |
| Donor |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Setname |
uum_lctpc |
| ID |
332889 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rj51ks |
