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Tōdai-ji (東大寺, Todaiji temple, "Eastern Great Temple") is a Buddhist temple complex that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, located in the city of Nara, Japan. The construction of the temple was an attempt to imitate Chinese temples from the much-admired Tang dynasty .
The origin of Tōdai-ji's Shōsō-in repository itself dates back to 756, when Empress Kōmyō dedicated over 600 items to the Great Buddha at Tōdai-ji to express her love for her lost husband, Emperor Shōmu, who died 49 days earlier. [4] Her donation was made over five times across several years, then stored at the Shōsō-in.
Jitchū dismantled and completely rebuilt the structure as part of a project to develop the hill south of the original Tōdai-ji precincts. [2] The monument is 1.5 kilometers due south of Tōdai-ji's Nandaimon gate and 1.7 kilometers southeast of Kintetsu Nara Station. A structure similar to theZutō is the Dotō in the city of Sakai, Osaka. [4]
A Buddhist temple complex that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, Tōdai-ji's Daibutsuden (大仏殿, Great Buddha Hall) houses the world's largest bronze statue of the Buddha, Vairocana, known in Japanese as Daibutsu (大仏). The current Daibutsuden was built in 1709, and was the world's largest wooden building until 1998.
' The Hall of the Second Month ') is one of the important structures of Tōdai-ji, a temple in Nara, Japan. Nigatsu-dō is located to the east of the Great Buddha Hall, on the hillside of Mount Wakakusa. It includes several other buildings in addition to the specific hall named Nigatsu-dō, thus comprising its own sub-complex within Tōdai-ji. [1]
Tōshōdai-ji (唐招提寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Risshū sect in the city of Nara, in Nara Prefecture, Japan. The Classic Golden Hall, also known as the kondō , has a single story, hipped tiled roof with a seven bay wide facade.
Tōdai-ji Shingon'in shōrō [24] 1649 & following: Prefectural: Shingon'in south gate 東大寺真言院南門 Tōdai-ji Shingon'in nanmon [24] 1649 & following: Prefectural: Kaidan'in kaidandō 東大寺戒壇院戒壇堂 Tōdai-ji Nigatsudō yuya [24] 1733: Prefectural: Nigatsudō bath house 東大寺二月堂湯屋 Tōdai-ji Nigatsudō yuya ...
The Shōsō-in (正倉院) is the treasure house of Tōdai-ji Temple in Nara, Japan. It houses about 9.000 artifacts connected to Emperor Shōmu (701–756) and Empress Kōmyō (701–760), as well as arts and crafts of the Tempyō era of Japanese history.