Kamagaya Great Buddha, Buddha statue in Kamagaya city, Chiba prefecture, Japan

The Kamagaya Great Buddha is a cast bronze statue of Shakyamuni Buddha, 1.8 meters tall and 2.3 meters including its base. It stands outdoors in the detached cemetery of Enmeiji, a Nichiren Buddhist temple, facing the street in front of Kamagaya-Daibutsu Station. It was made by Tagawa Shuzen, a foundry smith from Kanda in Edo.

The statue was created in 1776 after a wealthy merchant named Okuniya Fukuda Bunemon commissioned its creation to honor his ancestors. It survived the Meiji period when Buddhist statues were being removed and also endured World War II when the government collected bronze for the war effort.

The name Daibutsu, or Great Buddha, is used despite the statue's modest size. The grounds belong to Enmyō-ji, a Nichiren-shū temple, and the statue stands in its detached cemetery. The Fukuda family still owns and maintains it, and the surrounding shopping street is called Daibutsu Shōtengai.

The monument is only a short walk from Kamagaya-Daibutsu Station, making it easy to reach by train. The area is quiet and peaceful with no parking at the site, so most visitors arrive by rail from nearby stations.

When the Shin-Keisei line reached Kamagaya-Daibutsu Station, the railway put up posters to draw excursionists, but visitors who saw the statue were disappointed by how small it was. Local shops still carry the name: a shopping street association, stores and even croquettes are called Daibutsu.