LARGEST STATUE IN THE WORLD.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 17 May 1920, Page 4

LARGEST STATUE IN THE WORLD.

What is 10 lie the largest statue in I the world ia being built by an army | of Japanese workmen on the Isle ot I 'the Cow’s Head, in the Inland Sea, | .which has been called the Mediter- 1 ranean of Japan. The I -lo of the Cow g Head is private property, and this i adornment is a work of private enter- | prise. ■ fl ! The figure will be that of fit. Nick- |j iron, who founded (he sect of Buddhism that bears his name. In tin || wooden model the saint lies asleep, jl facing whoever sees him. his head II pillowed on a block and Ids left arm | 1 extended along liis side. The tree* | and scenery of the Isle of the Cow’s Head will provide an excellent setting lor the enorinius statue that is to h» cut out of the solid rock from thi.' model. The Colossus of Rhodes, at one tiiu* one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is said lo have keen 1-0 fe*t high, a small thing compared with tie Statue of Liberty, that stands 151 feet above the pedestal, in New York II»r hour. But the Japanese statue will be of greater magnitude. Following tie line of the natural rock, it will be a reclining figure 210 feet long, and therefore that much more impressive than the Buddha tit I’egu, Burt»a, which measures iS2 feet from head to foot.—Detroit “News.”