Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara is a UNESCO World Heritage Site consisting of eight places in the old capital Nara in Nara Prefecture, Japan. Five are Buddhist temples, one is a Shinto shrine, one
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Tōdai-ji 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 temple
Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara
…the site's location (by ward) and by geographic coordinates Description: brief description of the site Name Image Type Period Location Description Tōdai-ji (東大寺, Tōdai-ji; Eastern Great Temple) Buddhist temple 8th century - Nara period A Buddhist temple complex that was once one of the powerful Seven Great…
A model of the garan of Tōdai-ji at the time of its foundation, seen from the north side, a part of 1/1000 scale model of Heijōkyō held by Nara City Hall.
Record of temple lands in Echizen Province in 757 (ICP); as head of the national network of Provincial Temples, Tōdai-ji's privileges included a large network of tax-exempt estates
A Model of the Kondo (Great Buddha Hall) at the time of foundation. The original hall was larger than the one built after it.