The Gifu Great Buddha and Shoboji Temple Completed some 170 years ago, this Great Buddha is the lagest dry lacquer statue in Japan. A great ginkgo tree was used to make its central pillar, while the framework made by weaving together a network of wooden ribs. The body was made from high-quality bamboo and clay. Covered with Buddist scripture, the surface was coated with lacquer and finished in gold leaf. The image of Healing Buddha, said to have been housed at the former Kawate Shoboji Temple, is permanently housed at a site within the Great Buddha.

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