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  2. List of National Treasures of Japan (sculptures) - Wikipedia

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    The largest statue in this list and the largest gilt bronze statue in the world, and the main hall of Tōdai-ji, in which it is located, is the largest wooden structure in the world. [100] Nara period, 752. Head is a recast from the Edo period, hands date to the Momoyama period: Gilded bronze Seated Rushana Buddha: 14.868m

  3. Monuments of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Okayama Prefecture's Kōraku-en is a designated Special Place of Scenic Beauty. Monuments (記念物, kinenbutsu) is a collective term used by the Japanese government's Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties to denote Cultural Properties of Japan [note 1] as historic locations such as shell mounds, ancient tombs, sites of palaces, sites of forts or castles, monumental dwelling houses ...

  4. Itsukushima Shrine - Wikipedia

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    Japan has gone to great lengths to preserve the twelfth-century-style architecture of the Shrine throughout history. The shrine was designed and built according to the Shinden-zukuri style, equipped with pier-like structures over the Matsushima bay in order to create the illusion of floating on the water, separate from island, which could be ...

  5. Ushiku Daibutsu - Wikipedia

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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]

  6. Kasugayama Stone Buddhas - Wikipedia

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    Kasugayama Stone Buddhas (春日山石窟仏, Kasugayama sekkutsu butsu) is a group of Buddhist statues carved in bas-relief into a tuff cliff in the Takabatake neighborhood of the city of Nara, Nara Prefecture in the Kansai region, Japan.

  7. Japanese sculpture - Wikipedia

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    Jocho's successors, sculptors of the Kei school of Buddhist statues, created realistic and dynamic statues to suit the tastes of samurai, and Japanese Buddhist sculpture reached its peak. Sculptors Unkei, Kaikei, and Tankei gained renown by replacing temples' Buddha statues that had been lost in wars or fires, such as those at Kofuku-ji. [4]

  8. Usuki Stone Buddhas - Wikipedia

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    Constructing Buddha statues out of stone is widely practiced in Buddhist areas in Asia. These images can be divided into three broad types: Magaibutsu (磨崖仏, literally "polished-cliff Buddha"), bas-relief images carved directly into a cliff face, movable independent stone Buddhas carved from cut stone, and Buddhas carved inside rock caves, The Usuki images can be classed as Magaibutsu.

  9. Sanjūsangen-dō - Wikipedia

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    Sanjūsangen-dō is most famous for its massively long hondō (main hall) dating from 1266 (Kamakura period) and designated a National Treasure of Japan, and the collection of sculptures it houses, including 1001 standing Thousand-armed Kannon, 28 standing attendants, a statue of Fūjin and a statue of Raijin, and the principal image of the ...