Felice Beato; bronze statue of the Great Buddha at Kamakura; albumin paper; black and white positive process; hand-colored; image size: height: 28.80 cm; width: 23.40 cm; travel photography; statues; images as cult objects (Hinduism; Buddhism; Jainism); The Buddhist sculpture and especially the Daibutsu; the Great Buddha; is one of the most popular motifs in Japanese travel photography. The size of the statue alone must have impressed the traveler from the West: the bronze sculpture; which the then ruler Hojo Yasutoki had made in the 13th century for Kamakura; 50 kilometers south of Tokyo; measures 13.35 meters. (Aya Fujita)