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殿佛大東洛
DAIBUTSU
Hideyoshi built also a very gigantic image called Daibutsu.
It was constructed of wood and varnished very richly.
The hieght of the statue was 160 feet and the building which protects was 200 feet high.
Both building and idole were several times destroyed by earthquake and lighting.
The preasant idole is made of wood, and is only a very bad copy of the orginal one.
Of the old place nothing is left but a large bell, the dimensions of which are follow; 14 feet high; 9 feet 4 inches diameter; 9 inches thick.
Daibutsu is 15 Chios south from Sanjio.
