160302-0005 - Kanagawa Buddha

Daibutsu (Great Buddha) at Kotoku-in, a Buddhist temple of the Jodo shu sect, in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture.

The huge uncovered bronze statue of Amida Buddha is one of Japan’s best known symbols.

From a series of glass slides published (but not photographed) by Scottish photographer George Washington Wilson (1823–1893). Wilson’s firm was one of the largest publishers of photographic prints in the world.