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Wiro L.

February 19, 2020

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Within the Ueno Park is a hill called "Daibutsu Yama", the big Buddha mountain. In 1631 Naoyori Hori donated the statue of a seated Buddha. It was destroyed in an earthquake in 1647. Then citizens from Edo (Tokyo) donated money for a new Great Buddha. This was damaged in the great Kanto earthquake in 1923. Now only the face of the great Buddha is left. In 1972 a pagoda was built on the site of the Daibutsu.

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Chris

July 29, 2019

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Ueno Park, perched on a hill, is the remnant of a large 16th-century statue. Unfortunately, she repeatedly fell victim to natural disasters.

Unfortunately, I have failed to take a picture.

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Horst

April 14, 2024

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Ueno Daibutsu (上野大仏) was an Edo-period giant seated statue of Shaka Nyorai in what is now Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan. Of bronze and dating to 1631, it was restored after earthquake damage in 1640, a fire in 1841, and again after the 1855 Edo earthquake. Heavily damaged during the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, when the head was toppled, much of its bulk was melted down for reuse during the Pacific War. In 1972 the face, stored in Kan'ei-ji, was put on display in its former location.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ueno_Daibutsu

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Wednesday 13 May

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