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Daibutsu or Great Buddha at Kamakura (Item)

Photograph of the Great Buddha (Daibutsu) statue at the Kōtoku-in temple in Kamakura, Japan, circa 1945-1952. Typed caption in margin: "Daibutsu or Great Buddha at Kamakura." Typed caption on verso: "The world-famed Buddha, known as Dai-Butsu, is located at Kamakura, near Yokohama. The silently eloquent bronze Dia-Butsu, the most impressive of its kind in the world, has an expression and pose…

[Serviceman Paul Nowell standing in front of Great Buddha at Kōtoku-in] (Item)

Photograph of U.S. Navy serviceman Paul Nowell standing in front of the Great Buddha at Kōtoku-in, Kamakura, Japan, circa 1945-1946. Inscription on verso: "Paul + the Budda [Buddha]."

[Buddhist statue] (Item)

Photograph of a Buddhist statue at a temple near Nagoya, Japan, March 1947.Inscription on verso: "Buddha shrine 20 miles south of Nagoya, Japan. March 1947."

[Buddhist statue] (Item)

Photograph of a Buddhist statue at a temple near Nagoya, Japan, March 1947.Inscription on verso: "Shrine 20 miles south of Nagoya, Japan. March 1947."

[Buddhist guardian statue] (Item)

Photograph of a Buddhist guardian statue at a temple near Nagoya, Japan, March 1947.Inscription on verso: "Giant statue protecting Buddha shrine 20 miles south of Nagoya, Japan. March 1947."