Show fine statues of buddha in japanese shrines four gigantic statues of buddha have been erected in japan the largest one Is located in the city of kyoto and dates from 1801 it Is a wooden figure consisting of only a head and shoulders but even so it reaches to the th ceiling of the lofty hall in which it Is enshrined and is 58 feet in height tile the next largest Is 53 feet in height erected in the city of nara anra it Is made of plates of brone bolde soldered r ed together the third in size of these images but which perhaps gives the most majestic impression Impress lo n of the four Is located at kamakura erected in the thirteenth century it Is 49 feet 7 inches in height and Is formed of sheets of bronze cast separately brazed together I 1 and finished off on the outside with the chisel the hollow interior of the image contains a small shrine and afi the e visitor may ascend into the head tho the next and smallest of the four was vas built in 1891 at hyogo in the precincts of the tample of it Is 43 48 feet high it was largely through the efforts of a paper gatier manufacturer fac of hyogo named nanjo nanji sho bet bel that this statue was built but it by no means equals the anc ancient sta tue at kamakura |