Ushiku Daibutsu
(牛久大仏) | |
 Image of the Ushiku Daibutsu | |
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| 35°58′57″N 140°13′13″E / 35.98250°N 140.22028°E | |
| Location | Ushiku, Ibaraki, Japan |
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| Designer | Ōtani Kōshō |
| Type | statue |
| Material | bronze |
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| Completion date | 1993 |
Ushiku Daibutsu (牛久大仏) is a statue located in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Completed in 1993, it stands a total of 120 metres (390 ft) tall, including the 10 m (33 ft) base and 10 m lotus platform. The statue held the record for the tallest statue from 1993 to 2008. As of 2023[update], it is the fifth-tallest statue in the world.[1]
An elevator takes visitors up 85 m (279 ft) to an
Construction
Construction was commissioned to Kawada (ja:川田工業, Kawada Kōgyō), applying curtain wall system (ja:カーテンウォール工法, Kāten uōru kōhō).[3]
First, a cast iron steel column was erected at the center supporting the weight of the entire Daibutsu. Then, arranging a steel frame structure around it which was pre-assembled on the ground block by block in advance.
The 100 m (330 ft) tall torso, or body, of the statue was divided into 20 tiers, with each tier consisting of 17 blocks on average. In addition, each component block had
Details
- Weight: 4,003 tonnes (8,825,000 lb)
- Length of left hand: 18 m (59 ft)
- Length of face: 20 m (66 ft)
- Length of eye: 2.55 m (8.4 ft)
- Length of mouth: 4.5 m (15 ft)
- Length of nose: 1.2 m (3.9 ft)
- Length of ear: 10 m (33 ft)
- Length of the first finger: 7 m (23 ft)
Inside the statue itself is a four-storey building, which serves as a museum.
- Level 1, Infinite Light and Infinite Life
- The first floor lobby is dark. In the center of the room a single shaft of light shines from above onto a cauldron of smoking incense. Beyond it is the elevator to the other floors.
- Level 2 (10 m), World of Gratitude and Thankfulness
- Mostly dedicated to scriptural studies
- Level 3 (20–30 m), World of the Lotus Sanctuary
- 3,000 samples of gold Buddha statues
- Level 4 (80–85 m), Room of Mt. Grdhrakuta
- Also on the fourth floor are windows looking out from the Buddha's chest onto the adjacent flower garden and small animal park.
See also
- Daibutsu
- Kamakura, home to second largest seated bronze Buddha statue in Japan.
- Nara, home to second largest seated bronze Buddha statue in Japan. The largest being the Great Showa Buddha located in Aomori prefecture standing at 21 m[4]
- Leshan Giant Buddha in China, the tallest stone Buddha sculpture in the world.
- Tian Tan Buddha, located in Hong Kong, world's tallest seated Buddha statue.
- List of tallest statues, many of which are Buddhist statues
References
- ^ "10 Tallest Statues of World | The Beautiful Monuments". Holiday Sarthi. 18 January 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "Ushiku Daibutsu". Must Love Japan.
- ^ Nagata, Yoshio. 1994. Chōkōsō daibutsu wo Tsukuru (超高層大仏をつくる), Tokyo: Kajima Institute Publishing.
- ^ https://aomori-tourism.com/en/spot/detail_11.html#:~:text=This%20statue%20located%20at%20Seiryuji,bronze%20Buddha%20statue%20in%20Japan.
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