Letters from the Far East . of war;and in it are many implements of war. The other temple, the Hase-dera, contains a greatimage of the goddess of mercy. This is behind foldingdoors, and can only be seen indistinctly by the light ofa few candles, which the priest moves up and down. 28 LETTERS FROM THE FAR EAST It is made of brown lacquer, gilded over, and is thirtyfeet high. The Diabutsu, or big image of Buddha, for whichKamakura is specially noted, we visited last. This huge bronze image is forty-nine feet and seveninches high, and ninety-seven feet in face is over eight feet
Letters from the Far East . of war;and in it are many implements of war. The other temple, the Hase-dera, contains a greatimage of the goddess of mercy. This is behind foldingdoors, and can only be seen indistinctly by the light ofa few candles, which the priest moves up and down. 28 LETTERS FROM THE FAR EAST It is made of brown lacquer, gilded over, and is thirtyfeet high. The Diabutsu, or big image of Buddha, for whichKamakura is specially noted, we visited last. This huge bronze image is forty-nine feet and seveninches high, and ninety-seven feet in face is over eight feet long, and the eye nearlyfour feet long. The circumference of the thumbsis three feet. It is hollow inside, and one can enter,going up nearly to the neck. In the head is a smallshrine. When we reached the train, rain began to fall; andby the time we alighted from the trolley in Yokohama,it was descending in torrents. We climbed the muddy,slippery hill leading to the hotel, the rain running fromour umbrellas into our River Scene
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