The statue is believed to be cast in 1252 in the Kamakura period, when temple records report the construction of a bronze statue, following an idea by the priest Joko, who also collected donations to build it. However, it is unclear whether that is the present statue. The statue is originally build and located inside a large temple hall. However, the temple buildings were washed away by a tsunami tidal wave in the end of the 15th century but the statue remains and since then, it stands in the open air.
Visiting numerous shrines and temples in Japan is undoubtedly will make you feel like you have had too much of them, and just turn you holiday to become a tedious one at times. In spite of that, I continue my visit to Kamakura to Kotokuin, a Buddhist temple of the Pure Land sect of Kamakura.
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