butsus

Updated: July 23, 2025

Nearly all the Dai Butsus in the country are of ancient workmanship. There is a modern one constructed of wood erected in the year 1800 at Kyoto, 60 feet high. As a work of art it has, however, no pretensions, which rest entirely upon its size. Criticisms in regard to the artistic merits of these immense images have been numerous and by no means unanimous.

H. B. (Helen Barrett) Montgomery - The Empire of the East