Antique & Vintage Postcards

Hand-colored Japanese postcard depicting the Daibutsu (Great Buddha) of Tōdai-ji temple in Nara — the massive bronze seated Vairocana Buddha filling the frame against the dark interior of the Great Buddha Hall, surrounded by a gilded halo with smaller bodhisattva figures radiating outward. The image is dramatically hand-colored in black, gold, red, and green tones. Printed dimensions of the statue are listed below the image in English: Height 53 ft. 6 in., Face 16 ft. x 9½ ft., Eye 3 ft. 11 in., Nose 3 ft. 9 in., Mouth 8 ft. 9 in., Ear 8 ft. 6 in., Breast 18 ft., Abdomen 18 ft., Weight 440½ Tons.