The Great Buddha of Kamakura, albumin paper, black and white positive process, image size: height: 38.70 cm; width: 44.20 cm, in lead: The Great Buddha in Kamakura, travel photography, statues, pictures as cult objects (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism), The Buddhist sculpture and especially the Daibutsu, the Great Buddha, is one of the most popular motifs in Japanese travel photography. The size of the statue alone must have impressed the traveler from the West: the bronze sculpture, which the then ruler Hojo Yasutoki had made in the 13th century for Kamakura, 50 kilometers south of Tokyo, measures 13.35 meters. (Aya Fujita).