大佛
The Great Buddha
A large seated Buddha and the thick, layered folds of its robe. The album includes this Great Buddha as one of the famous sights outside the exhibition grounds.
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The figure of a seated Buddha fills the frame, and from the shoulders down, thick folds of robe cover it like waves. The eyes and nose sink into black shadow, standing out sharply against the bright white ground. At its feet runs a band lined with a fine pattern.
In the table of contents, "Great Buddha" comes after "Famous Historic Sites of Ueno Park (Outside the Grounds)," in the same group as the graves of the Shogitai, the Kannon of the Kiyomizu Hall and the Toshogu Shrine. The Great Buddha of Ueno was first made in 1631. After that it was struck by disaster again and again, and was restored each time.
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- Source title
- 『平和紀念東京博覧会写真帖』（大正11年）
- Held by
- National Diet Library, Japan
- Why it's free to use
- Copyright expired (public domain)
- Original item
- View in the NDL Digital Collections
- Taken
- 104+ years ago
- Added to site
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