daibutsu

Near by on a slight eminence stands a huge bronze image of Buddha, twenty-one and one-half feet high, called the Daibutsu.

Thus, for the Nara Daibutsu, the mould was constructed in a series of steps ascending 12 in.

Papa Claude corralled him in the corner with the Daibutsu and pompously presented each guest in turn.

Only the Daibutsu images, some bells, and other instruments of worship form exceptions to this.

Daibutsu images evidently stand in the same relation to the works of private sculptors as folk-poetry to that of individual bards.