Great Buddha of Kamakura

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Kōtoku-in exists a Buddhist temple of the Jōdo-shū sect, in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Its mountain name is Taiizan, and its common temple name is Shōjōsen-ji.

The temple is notable for The Great Buddha of Kamakura, a monumental outdoor bronze statue of Amitābha, one of Japan's most famous figures. It is also a designated National Treasure and one of the twenty-two historic sites held in Kamakura's proposal for inclusion in UNESCO's World Heritage Sites.

The Great Buddha of Kamakura is a giant bronze statue of Amitābha, located on the temple grounds. Including the base, it measures 13.35 meters tall and weighs approximately 93 tonnes. According to temple records, the statue dates from around 1252, during the Kamakura period, which it is named after.

The Great Buddha of Kamakura is hollow, and visitors can view the interior. Many visitors have left graffiti on the inside of the statue. At one time, there were thirty-two bronze lotus petals at the base of the figure, but only four remains, and they are no longer in place. A notice at the entrance to the grounds reads, "Stranger, whosoever thou art and whatsoever be thy creed when thou enterest this sanctuary remember thou treadest upon ground hallowed by the worship of ages. This is the Temple of Buddha and the gate of the eternal, and should therefore be entered with reverence."

The hall was destroyed by a storm in 1334, was rebuilt, was damaged by yet another storm in 1369, and was rebuilt yet again. 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. Since then, the Great Buddha has stood in the open air.

The 1923 Great Kantō earthquake destroyed the base the statue sits upon, but the base was repaired in 1925. Repairs to the sculpture were carried out in 1960–61 when the neck was strengthened, and measures were taken to protect it from earthquakes. In early 2016, further research, restoration, and preservation work were performed on the statue.

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