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Ushiku Daibutsu (牛久大仏) is a statue located in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Completed in 1993, it stands a total of 120 metres (390 ft) tall, including the 10 m (33 ft) base and 10 m lotus platform. It held the record for the tallest statue from 1993 to 2008 and As of 2023, it is the fifth-tallest statue in the world. [1]
Daibutsu (大仏, 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). [1] Tōdai-ji's daibutsu is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara and National Treasure.
Buddha: Kyoto Japan 19 m (62 ft) 1595 1798 lightning fire [44] Statue of Gargantua at Mirapolis amusement park Gargantua: Courdimanche, Val-d'Oise France 33.5 m (110 feet) 1987 1995 The statue was destroyed with dynamite following the closure of the park in 1993. [45] [46] Great Buddha of Bamiyan: Buddha: Bamiyan Province: Afghanistan 55 m (180 ...
The Dai Kannon of Kita no Miyako park (Japanese: 北海道大観音), also known as the Hokkaido Kannon, as well as the Byakue Kannon, is the third-tallest statue in Japan and is the tenth-tallest statue in the world, tied with the Grand Buddha at Ling Shan. It was the tallest statue in the world when it opened in 1989 at 88 metres (289 ft ...
The niche has an opening of 3.9 meters, a depth of 2.9 meters, and a height of 2.4 meter, and contains six Buddha statues carved into the back and both side walls. The back wall is 1.7 meters high, with a central frame of 1.7 by 1.12 meters, and a seated Shaka Nyōrai Buddha statue in a cross-legged position on a double lotus throne.
Sendai Daikannon (仙台大観音), officially known as the Sendai Tendou Byakue Daikannon (仙台天道白衣大観音), is a large statue located in Sendai, Japan.It portrays a woman, the bodhisattva Byakue Kannon (白衣観音, "white-robed Kannon") holding the cintamani gem (如意宝珠, Nyoihōju) in her hand.
The last building housing the statue was washed away in the tsunami resulting from the Nankai earthquake of 20 September 1498, during the Muromachi period. [11] Since then, the Great Buddha has stood in the open air. [11] The 1923 Great Kantō earthquake destroyed the base the statue sits upon, but the base was repaired in 1925. [6]
Gifu Great Buddha. The Gifu Great Buddha (岐阜大仏, Gifu Daibutsu) is a large Buddhist statue located in Shōhō-ji in Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.It was conceived by the 11th head priest of Kinpouzan Shōhō temple, Ichyuu, around 1790, in hopes of averting large earthquakes and famines.