Showing posts with label Kobe Bronze Buddha Statue Cigarette Card 1930. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kobe Bronze Buddha Statue Cigarette Card 1930. Show all posts

Friday, 17 September 2010

1930s Kobe Buddha Cigarette Card




My father as a child in the 1930s in common with most boys of that time collected cigarette cards - this particular example was produced by W.D & H.O Wills and was part of it's Wonder of the Past series. Seen below is a photo taken around the same time.

It was built 700 years ago all of welded bronze and stands 49 1\2 feet high with eyes of gold. By paying a fee you can go upstairs to top inside. It was once covered over by a temple which was destroyed by floods.