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Kamakura (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

Daidutsu [sic for Daibutsu] Bronze Image, Kamakura, 1870 - 1889

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/54
Scope and Contents

265 x 206 mm. View of the 42 ft high bronze statue of the Buddha cast in 1252 AD. The holy town of Kamakura is situated on the north east shore of Sagami Bay.

Dates: 1870 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Shinto Temple Hachiman Kamakura, 1870 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/129
Scope and Contents

269 x 109 mm. View looking up a long flight of stone steps towards the entrance of the Temple of Hachiman. The note beneath the print records that the icho tree at the left is 1200 years old.

Dates: 1870 - 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Bronze Buddha at Kamakura, 850 years old [hand coloured], 1870 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/128
Scope and Contents

244 x 188 mm. Front view of the massive statue of the Buddha at Kamakura. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

Dates: 1870 - 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Kabaka returns: part of the procession, 1955-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045W/32
Scope and Contents

105 x 80 mm.

Dates: 1955-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).