LARGEST STATUE IN THE WORLD.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2123, 4 May 1920, Page 4

LARGEST STATUE IN THE WORLD.

Whal is to be the largest statue in the world is being built by an army of Japanese workmen on the Isle of (be Cow’s Head, in ..the Inland sea, which has'been called the Mediterranean of Japan. The Isle of the Cow’s Head is private property, and this adornment is a work of private enterprise.

The figure will be. that of St. Nicbiren, who founded the sect of Buddhism that bears his name. In the wooden model the saint lies asleep, facing whoever sees him, his head pillowed on a block and his left arm extended along his side. The trees and scenery of the Isle of the Cow's Head will provide an excellent setting for the .enormous statue that is jo be (ml out of the solid rock from this model. The Colossus of Rhodes, at one lime one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is said to have been I*2o feet high, a small thing compared with the Statue of Liberty, that stands 1.51 feel above the pedestal, in New York harbour. But the Japanese statue will bo of even greater magnitude. Following the line of the natural rock, it will be a reclining figure' 210 feet long, and therefore that much more impressive than the Buddha at Pegu, Burma, which measures 182 feel from head to foot. —Detroit Nows.