Daibutsu

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.

Examples
Image Name Buddha Size Date Municipality Prefecture Comments
Shōwa Daibutsu (昭和大仏)[2]21.35 metres (70.0 ft)1984AomoriAomori Prefecture
Ganmen Daibutsu (岩面大仏)16.5 metres (54.1 ft)HiraizumiIwate PrefectureLow relief carving at Takkoku no Iwaya (達谷窟)
Ushiku Daibutsu (牛久大仏)[3]Amida Nyorai120 metres (393.7 ft) including base and lotus (20 metres (65.6 ft))1993UshikuIbaraki PrefectureJapan's largest daibutsu
Nihon-ji Daibutsu (日本寺大仏)[4]Yakushi Nyorai31.05 metres (101.9 ft)1790KyonanChiba PrefectureCarved 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
Kamagaya Daibutsu (鎌ヶ谷大仏)Shaka Nyorai2.3 metres (7.5 ft), including base (0.5 metres (1.6 ft))1776KamagayaChiba PrefectureJapan's smallest daibutsu made of bronze
Former Ueno Daibutsu (上野大仏)[5]Shaka Nyorai1631TaitōTokyoHeavily damaged in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake and melted down for the war effort
Tokyo Daibutsu (東京大仏)[6]13 metres (42.7 ft) including base1977ItabashiTokyoWeighs thirty tons; at Jōren-ji (乗蓮寺); erected in expiation of the Great Kantō earthquake and the war
Kamakura Daibutsu (鎌倉大仏)[7]Amida Nyorai13.35 metres (43.8 ft)1252KamakuraKanagawa PrefectureSubject of the poem The Buddha at Kamakura by Rudyard Kipling; National Treasure
Takaoka Daibutsu (高岡大仏)Amida Nyorai15.85 metres (52.0 ft)1981TakaokaToyama PrefectureAt Daibutsu-ji (大佛寺)
Echizen Daibutsu (越前大仏)[8]17 metres (55.8 ft)KatsuyamaFukui Prefecture
Gifu Daibutsu (岐阜大仏)[9]Shaka Nyorai13.63 metres (44.7 ft)1828GifuGifu Prefecture
Former Hōkō-ji Daibutsu (方広寺大仏)1660sKyotoKyoto PrefectureSketch of c.1691 by Engelbert Kaempfer
Nara Daibutsu (奈良大仏)[10]Vairocana14.98 metres (49.1 ft)752NaraNara PrefectureRestored several times; part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site: Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara; National Treasure
Asuka Daibutsu (飛鳥大仏)[11][12]Shaka Nyorai2.75 metres (9.0 ft)609AsukaNara PrefectureJapan's oldest daibutsu and Buddhist statue, restored; Important Cultural Property
Former Hyōgo Daibutsu (兵庫大仏)[13]1891KobeHyōgo PrefectureAt Nōfuku-ji (能福寺); melted down in 1944 for the war effort and since replaced
(Nehanzo (涅槃仏)[14]Gautama Buddha41 metres (134.5 ft) (length)1899SasaguriFukuoka PrefectureAt Nanzoin (南蔵院); contains ashes of The Buddha and two of his disciples.

See also

References
  1. Bamforth, Chris (26 May 2006), "The capital delights of Nara", The Japan Times
  2. "Shōwa Daibutsu". Seiryū-ji. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  3. "Ushiku Daibutsu". Ushiku Daibutsu. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  4. "Nihonji Daibutsu". Nihon-ji. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  5. "Ueno Daibutsu". Daily Yomiuri. 30 March 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  6. "Tokyo Daibutsu". Itabashi Ward. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  7. "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  8. "Katsuyama Profile". Katsuyama City. Archived from the original on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2007.
  9. "Gifu Shouhouji Daibutsu (Great Buddha)". Shōhō-ji. Retrieved 4 December 2007.
  10. "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  11. "Sandaibutsu". Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  12. "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  13. "Daibutsu Hyogo". Nagasaki University Library. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  14. "Karmic Cleansing". Macleans.ca. Retrieved 9 December 2015.

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