This seated Amida Buddha, cast in bronze from about 1252, replaced a wooden statue damaged by a storm in 1248. Probably cast by Ōno Gorōemon or Tanji Hisatomo, it was once housed in a hall that storms wrecked twice and the tsunami of 1498 finally swept away. Since then it has sat in the open air at Kōtoku-in.
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Traces of the original gold leaf survive near the ears. The hands rest in the lap in the gesture of meditation, and visitors can step inside the hollow body.
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