The Todaji Buddha is said by Japanese specialists to have been made in
similiar fashion to the Kamakura Buddha. The Kamakura Buddha is much more
accessible to the public---ie you pay 200 extra yen and they let you go
inside. The result is that you can see all the sections it was made from
and the join lines. Once you see the inside, you can easily check the
exterior base
and find the fine join lines on the outside. They are almost
imperceptible due to having
been filled, buffed and now having a very nice patina on them.
Just my two yen's worth this morning,
Mark Hall
National Museum of Japanese History
>The giant bronze statue of Buddha in the Todaiji temple at Nara (Japan)
>has been estimated to weigh 450 tons.
>It was probably cast in a series of sections over several years, but the
>join-lines are almost imperceptible.
>I can imagine that something smaller and inverted could be used as a
>watertight storage receptable.
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>Alan Williams
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