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title: The Great Buddha of Kamakura
author: James Blake Wiener
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7857/the-great-buddha-of-kamakura/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# The Great Buddha of Kamakura

_Authored by [James Blake Wiener](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jbw288/)_

## Image File

[![The Great Buddha of Kamakura](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/7857.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/7857.jpg)

## Image Caption

The Great [Buddha](https://www.worldhistory.org/Siddhartha_Gautama/) of [Kamakura](https://www.worldhistory.org/Kamakura/) is a monumental outdoor [bronze](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/bronze/) statue of Amitabha Buddha situated inside the Kotoku-in [Temple](https://www.worldhistory.org/temple/) in Kamakura, [Japan](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Japan/). The statue is made of bronze and dates from 1252 CE. The statue is about 13 m (43.8 ft) tall, weighing over 92 tonnes.

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## About the Author

James Blake Wiener has a particular interest in cross-cultural exchange and world history. He is a co-founder of World History Encyclopedia and formerly was its Communications Director.
- [Linkedin Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameswiener)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Wiener, J. B. (2018, January 10). The Great Buddha of Kamakura. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7857/the-great-buddha-of-kamakura/>
### Chicago
Wiener, James Blake. "The Great Buddha of Kamakura." *World History Encyclopedia*, January 10, 2018. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7857/the-great-buddha-of-kamakura/>.
### MLA
Wiener, James Blake. "The Great Buddha of Kamakura." *World History Encyclopedia*, 10 Jan 2018, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7857/the-great-buddha-of-kamakura/>.

## License & Copyright

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