The Great Buddha of Kamakura's Wikipedia article is a community-edited encyclopedia entry, covering the bronze Amida Buddha at Kotoku-in, its construction beginning in 1252, the loss of its housing hall to storms and a tsunami, and its status as a Japanese National Treasure. Its strength is that these are the kind of stable, documentable construction and conservation history facts a general reference handles well. Its limit is that a claim about the specific Pure Land Buddhist theology behind the Amida Buddha image needs a source examining that directly, not this general overview.
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Reliability Tier3
A continuously revised, community-edited encyclopedia article rather than an authored or peer reviewed work, matching this corpus's settled precedent for Wikipedia citations, useful for verifiable factual detail rather than as independent scholarly authority. NotesEncyclopedic facts for the bronze Amida Buddha at Kotoku-in: construction beginning 1252, its dimensions, the loss of its housing hall to storms and a tsunami, and its status as a Japanese National Treasure.
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AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Buddha_of_Kamakura
Source Typereference
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This source names Pure Land directly: "Its limit is that a claim about the specific Pure Land Buddhist theology behind the Amida Buddha image needs a source examining that directly, not this general overview."
Claims Backed By This Source (38 claims)
This source backs 38 claims across the atlas. As facts: 29 well-attested, 1 open question. As cited relationships: 5 holds, 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 19 claims: 13 well-attested, 1 open question, 4 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Open Questions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Articles, 2 claims: 2 well-attested.
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