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The Tōdai-ji is used as the Japanese wonder in Age of Empires II. The Tōdai-ji is the subject of the 2003 novella "A Mountain to the North, A Lake to the South, Paths to the West, A River to the East" ("Északról hegy, Délről tó, Nyugatról utak, Keletről folyó") by László Krasznahorkai.
Earlier temple records and inventories of their treasures list kanbutsuzō or "images for sprinkling" at Hōryū-ji and Daian-ji, and early surviving examples include one dating to the Asuka period at Shōgen-ji (正眼寺) in Aichi Prefecture (Important Cultural Property). [10] [12] This example at Tōdai-ji is generally dated to the 750s. [1] [9]
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 ...
Kaikei's sculpture differs from an older Heian period image that is currently held by Yakushi-ji (also classified as a National Treasure). Whereas the Yakushi-ji Hachiman is a triad image, accompanied by a sculpture of Nakatsuhime and Empress Jingū (as Hachiman is the deification of Emperor Ōjin), Kaikei's sculpture is a solitary image of Hachiman as a monk.
Daibutsu (大仏, kyūjitai: 大佛) or 'giant Buddha' is the Japanese term, often used informally, for large statues of Buddha.The oldest is that at Asuka-dera (609) and the best-known is that at Tōdai-ji in Nara (752). [1]
Azekura style of architecture on another store house at the Tōdai-ji Detail of the Shōsōin. The building is in the Azekura Zukuri log-cabin style, with a floor raised to about 2.5 m takayuka-shiki (高床式). [5] This is an architectural style that was mainly used for the construction of granaries and storehouses. Some distinctive features ...
Omizutori (お水取り), or the annual sacred water-drawing festival, is a Japanese Buddhist festival that takes place in the Nigatsu-dō of Tōdai-ji, Nara, Japan. [1] The festival is the final rite in observance of the two-week-long Shuni-e ceremony. This ceremony is to cleanse the people of their sins as well as to usher in the spring of ...
After assorted pious deeds, including chanting the nembutsu a million times and the donation of statues and sutras to a number of temples, involvement in public works in the manner of Gyōki and Kūya, and possible trips to China, in 1181 Chōgen was appointed to raise funds for the reconstruction of Tōdai-ji. Over the next twenty-five years ...