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KAMAKURA IN THE RAIN

KAMAKURA IN THE RAIN,Kamakura and hydrangea, Kotokuin Temple, Great Buddha of Kamakura, temple, rain=Date: July,1994, Place:Kamakura, Kanagawa,JAPAN=Date:1994, Place:JAPAN

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Obama visits Kamakura, his place of memories

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 14, 2010, shows a signature of U.S. President Barack Obama on a guest book of Kotokuin Temple in Kamakura, an ancient city in Kanagawa Prefecture. He wrote, ''It is wonderful to return to this great treasure of Japanese culture. Its beauty has stayed with me for many years.'' (Pool Photo by Kyodo News)

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Great Buddha of Kamakura to undergo 1st maintenance in half-century

Photo taken July 28, 2015, shows the Great Buddha of Kamakura in Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture. Kotokuin Temple said the same day that the 11-meter-high bronze stature will undergo maintenance in the first quarter of 2016, the first of its kind since it had major repairs between 1959 and 1961. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Daibutsu (the Great Buddha) of Kamakura

The Daibutsu is the main Buddha at the Kotokuin and used to be inside a building called the Daibutsuden. It was originally a wooden statue, but in Azuma Kagami (historical record of the Kamakura Shogunate), there is mention of starting to mold the gold and copper Shakanyorai Buddha (actually Amida statue) in 1252 in Fukasawa.==Date:unknown, Place:Kamakura, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number10‐17‐0]

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Daibutsu (the Great Buddha) of Kamakura

The Daibutsu (Great Buddha) is the main Buddha of the Kotokuin (Daiisan Kotokuin Josenji). The statue was initially enshrined in a hall like the Daibutsu in Nara. Old records show that the priest Joko of Toe planned the construction of the Buddha in 1236, the year that Hojo Yasutoki was Shikken (regent).==Date:unknown, Place:Kamakura, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number4‐26‐0]

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Obama visits Kamakura, his place of memories

KAMAKURA, Japan - U.S. President Barack Obama (C) eats a green tea flavored ice cream bar on Nov. 14, 2010, at Kotokuin Temple in Kamakura, an ancient city in Kanagawa Prefecture, before heading back to the United States after the two-day Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit. Obama has fond memories of the city as he had visited the site with his mother when he was 6 years old. (Pool Photo)(Kyodo)

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Daibutsu (the Great Buddha) of Kamakura

The photograph was probably taken around the same time as photograph #2748. Kotokuin Temple began to collect donations for the reconstruction of the temple in 1879. However, a change in public opinion caused the plan to be suspended in 1889. It is documented that the donated money was later used to enlarge the temple grounds, to plant trees, and to build rest areas. The Great Buddha is an object of worship and climbing upon it is prohibited today.==Date:unknown, Place:Kamakura, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number90‐28‐0]

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Daibutsu (the Great Buddha) of Kamakura

There are gas lights to the right and left sides and the kuri (rectory) on the right. Kotokuin Temple began to collect donations after receiving government permission to rebuild the Great Buddha Hall in 1879. The three signboards on the left may be lists of the names of donors. There is a shack to the lower right of the statue. Since another photograph shows roof tiles piled up here, this spot may have been a booth for the donation of roof tiles as part of the reconstruction project.==Date:unknown, Place:Kamakura, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number55‐21‐0]

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Daibutsu (the Great Buddha) of Kamakura

The Daibutsu in Kamakura. This area is called Fukazawa . The mountain slope to the west of the Daibutsu is called Daibutsu Kiridoshi , and leads to Tokiwa and Kajiwara. Advancing to the northwest from the gate of the old Kotokuin, visitors arrive at the Kiridoshi. The name is Fukazawa Kiridoshi .==Date:unknown, Place:Kamakura, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number14‐49‐0]

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Obama visits Kamakura, his place of memories

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 14, 2010, shows a signature of U.S. President Barack Obama on a guest book of Kotokuin Temple in Kamakura, an ancient city in Kanagawa Prefecture. He wrote, ''It is wonderful to return to this great treasure of Japanese culture. Its beauty has stayed with me for many years.'' (Pool Photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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Obama visits Kamakura, his place of memories

KAMAKURA, Japan - U.S. President Barack Obama (C) chats with the head priest (R) at Kotokuin Temple in Kamakura, an ancient city in Kanagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 14, 2010, before heading back to the United States after the two-day Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit. Obama has fond memories of the city as he had visited the site with his mother when he was 6 years old. (Pool Photo)(Kyodo)