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Tōdai-ji has been used as a location in several Japanese films and television dramas. It was also used in the 1950s John Wayne movie The Barbarian and the Geisha when Nandaimon, the Great South Gate, doubled as a city's gates. On May 20, 1994, the international music festival The Great Music Experience was held at Tōdai-ji, supported by UNESCO.
View of Isui-en Garden during early fall, towards the Nandaimon gate, and hills of Nara One of the tea houses A path through the garden moss. Isui-en (依水園, Isuien) is a Japanese garden located in Nara, the old capital of Japan near Kyōto.
Of his work at the temple only three structures remain, the already mentioned Nandaimon, which remains the best Daibutsuyō example, the Kaizandō and the Hokkedō. [2] The gate's most characteristic features are the six-tier bracket groups projecting directly out of the columns and connected to each other by ties as long as the facade. [2]
Hokke-dō north gate (法華堂北門) [22] 1240: four-post, kirizuma-zukuri, tiled-roof: ICP: Repository 本坊経庫 honbōkyōko [23] 710-793: 3x2 bay, azekura, yosemune-zukuri, tiled-roof: NT: Shingon'in kanjōdō 東大寺真言院灌頂堂 Tōdai-ji Shingon'in kanjōdō [24] 1649 & following: Prefectural: Shingon'in front gate ...
The restoration of Tōdai-ji's Nandaimon gate in 1930 saw improved standards for preservation. An architect supervised the reconstruction works on-site. Extensive restoration reports became the norm, including plans, results of surveys, historical sources, and documentation of the work done. [4]
The Nandaimon at Tōdai-ji and the Amida Hall at Jōdo-ji are the only extant examples of this style. [ 10 ] [ 27 ] [ 28 ] Characteristics of the Zen style are earthen floors, subtly curved pent roofs ( mokoshi ) and pronouncedly curved main roofs, cusped windows and panelled doors.
The same gate can therefore be described using more than one term. For example, a Niōmon can at the same time be a nijūmon. nandaimon (南大門) – the main southern gate of a temple, in particular that at Nara's Tōdai-ji. [28] See also mon. nijūmon (二重門) – a two-storied gate with a roof surrounding the first floor. [28] See also mon.
The same gate can therefore be described using more than one term. For example, a Niōmon can at the same time be a nijūmon. nandaimon (南大門) – the main southern gate of a temple, in particular that at Nara's Tōdai-ji. [45] See also mon. nijūmon (二重門) – a two-storied gate with a roof surrounding the first floor. [45] See also mon.