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	Japan Atlas: Todaiji Temple
		Todaiji, a temple complex in the city of Nara in Nara Prefecture, was built in the year 743.
		The best-known relic at Todaiji Temple is its Daibutsu, a colossal statue that, with 15 meters (49 feet) in height, is the world's largest gilded bronze Buddha.
		Within the precincts of the temple, aligned along one-kilometer north-south and east-west axes centered on the Daibutsu-den, are an array of other buildings, including halls and storehouses, seven of which are National Treasures.
	web-japan.org /atlas/historical/his13.html (527 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Vairocana
		The Daibutsu of Todaiji, a Kegon Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan.
		A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, SiddhÄrtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE.
		Vairocana was gradually superseded as an object of reverence by Amitabha Buddha in Japan, but his legacy still remains in Shingon Buddhism and Todaiji temple with its massive bronze statue.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Vairocana (1794 words)

	Todai-ji Temple, Nara
		Beside the figure of Komokuten is a model of the original temple; in front of Tamonten is a massive wooden column with a rectangular hole at ground level.
		In the center of the temple are statues of Shakyamuni and Taho-nyorai, in the corner statues of the four Celestial Guardians in full armor.
		Adjacent is two modern reinforced concrete extensions.To the east of the Buddha Hall stands an old belltower, with a bell cast in 749, badly damaged in a typhoon in 989 and re-cast in 1239; it is the second largest bell in Japan (height 13ft/ 3.9m, diameter 9ft/ 2.8m).
	www.planetware.com /nara/todai-ji-temple-jpn-ks-toda.htm (1344 words)

	Famous Sites, Fauna and Flora
		The temple grounds were 80 meters east to west, but the north-south dimension is unclear.
		Jogaku-daikoji was only a local temple temple until 843, at which time it became a provincial chapter of the state temple system.
		A further 48 meters north were the main temple building (to the west) and a 1.5 meter wide, 3 story tower (to the east), these also being 48 meters apart (center to center).
	www.pref.ishikawa.jp /bunkazai/e-siseki/e-1-6.htm (452 words)

	JapanCorner - The Benihana Guide to Japan
		Todaiji Temple, Horyuji Temple and various other works of art have also been designated as World Heritage Historic Monuments by the United Nations.
		Nara Park, also known as Deer Park is a 1.5 square mile park situated between temples and shrines in which deer, believed to be the messengers of the gods, roam free in the seasonally picturesque landscape.
		Todaiji Temple consists of various halls and pavilions including 'Daibutsuden Hall' which is the largest wooden structure in the world.
	www.japancorner.com /nara.asp (684 words)

	Japan : The Best Temples & Shrines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
		Kotokuin Temple (Kamakura): This temple is home to the Great Buddha, Japan's second-largest bronze image, which was cast in the 13th century and sits outdoors against a magnificent wooded backdrop.
		Hase Kannon Temple (Kamakura): Although this temple is famous for its 9m-tall (30-ft.) Kannon of Mercy, the largest wooden image in Japan, it's most memorable for its thousands of small statues of Jizo, the guardian deity of children, donated by parents of miscarried, stillborn, or aborted children.
		Kinkakuji (Temple of the Golden Pavilion) (Kyoto): Constructed in the 14th century as a shogun's retirement villa, this three-story pavilion shimmers in gold leaf and is topped with a bronze phoenix; it's a beautiful sight when the sun shines and the sky's blue.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/print-narrative.cfm?destID=229&catID=0229020923 (690 words)

	Kyoto Study Tour 2003
		Todaiji Temple was built in the Nara period (710 - 794 AD) at the behest of Emperor Shomu (r.724 - 749).
		Todaiji Temple serves both as a place of prayer for peace and affiuence on earth, as well as a center of Buddhist doctrinal research.
		The temple, which is the headquarters for the Tendai sect of Buddhism, was founded more than 1,200 years ago by the Chinese priest Saicho (767-822), who at the request of the Emporor Kanmu, built the complex atop Hieizan to protect Kyoto from the evil spirits believed to come from the northeast.
	www.patternblue.net /kyoto (1844 words)

	Upto11.net - Wikipedia Article for Todaiji temple
		Tand#333;dai-ji (and#26481;and#22823;and#23546;), the Eastern Great Temple, is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan.
		The Buddha was completed in 751, having consumed most of Japan's bronze production for several years and leaving the country almost bankrupt.
		Todaiji was the provincial temple of Yamato Province and the head of all the provincial temples.
	www.upto11.net /generic_wiki.php?q=todaiji_temple (355 words)

	JAL Guide to Japan - Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara ( World Heritage )
		In 1180, however, Todaiji Temple was essentially destroyed by Tairano Shigehira and his rampaging hordes and was devastated again during the war of 1567, a time of great civil strife in Japan.
		Nandaimon is the main gate to Todaiji Temple.
		Todaiji Temple's oldest building, believed constructed between 740 and 747AD, is known as "Hokke-do" due to Hokke meetings being held there each March.
	www.jal.com /world/en/guidetojapan/world_heritage/nara/see (462 words)

	Todaiji, Nara
		It was the head temple of the network of provincial monasteries throughout Japan.
		The principal image of the temple is a bronze statue of Vairocana, colossal in scale.
		The octagonal lantern of Todaiji, an ancient treasure.
	www.sacred-destinations.com /japan/nara-todaiji.htm (1053 words)

	Todai-ji Temple in Nara, Japan
		It is one of the oldest treasures in the temple dating from the founding of Todaiji.
		The Hokke-do is significant because it is the oldest structure at Todaiji and was probably built between 740 and 747.
		Todaiji is in the north of the park.
	www.yamasa.org /japan/english/destinations/nara/todaiji.html (1509 words)

	Nara Travel: Todaiji
		Todaiji ("Great Eastern Temple") is one of Japan's most famous and historically significant temples and a landmark of Nara.
		Todaiji was constructed in 752 as the head temple of all provincial Buddhist temples of Japan and grew so powerful that the capital was moved from Nara to Nagaoka in 784 in order to lower its influence on government affairs.
		Not only is Todaiji housing Japan's largest Buddha statue (Daibutsu), but it is also the world's largest wooden building, even though the present reconstruction of 1692 is only two thirds of the original temple's size.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e4100.html (137 words)

	Travel Guides to Japan
		To be more concrete, I will take the first 27 pilgrimage temples (plus the 5 bangai temples mixed with them, so a grand total of 32 temples) and check what general travel guides do with them - or what they fail to do.
		The treatment of Todaiji is better, but here, too, space is wasted by writing extensively about the "pillar with a hole you can creep through" in the Main Hall.
		There are no architectural explanations of the bracketing in temple roofs, nor drawings and explanations of the various objects that Buddhist statues carry and their mudra (hand signs), although that is where good drawings would have been really useful.
	www.xs4all.nl /~daikoku/hyoron/shoseki/hyoron-1.htm (1529 words)

	JNTO Website > School Excursion-Osaka,Kyoto & Nara
		The Buddha in Daibutsuden in Todaiji is the biggest gold-gilded copper-made pagod in the world.
		It was burned later on by a fire and reconstructed in 1690.
		There are many national treasures in the temple such as architectural structures like Gojyu-no-to, Yumedono and Daikodo and pagods.
	www.jnto.go.jp /eng/ttp/se/osaka_day5678.html (242 words)

	Todaiji Temple
		In 784, Emperor Kammu moved the capital from Heijo-kyo (Nara) to Nagaoka and then Heian-kyo (Kyoto) to escape the meddlesome influence of the powerful Nara temples on affairs of state.
		However, Todai-ji Temple had close links with the imperial family and nearby Kofuku-ji was the clan temple of the powerful Fujiwaras, so both continued to exert some influence on the court.
		Todaiji Temple's statue of Komoku-Ten, the Guardian King of the South, holding a writing brush and scroll symbolizing the copying of sutras.
	www.taleofgenji.org /todaiji.html (229 words)

	Sightseeing, tours, attractions and events - book online
		On this tour visit the Todaiji Temple - Huge temple housing Japan's largest Buddha statue, Deer Park - home to hundreds of freely roaming deer, and Kasuga Shrine - Nara's most celebrated shrine.
		This tour includes visits to the Heian Shrine - the vibrant green and red shrine in form of the ancient Imperial Palace, Sanjusangendo Hall - exhibiting 1001 Kannon statues, and the Kiyomizu Temple - famous for its large terrace with sweeping views of the city.
		Experience Zen Meditation at one of the first Buddhist temples in Japan, Enryaku-ji Kaikan, the principal place of the Tendai School of Buddhism.
	www.affiliate.viator.com /brochure/ed_PRODUCT_results.jsp?CITY=KYOTO&COUNTRY=Japan&CONTINENT=Asia&AUID=3948 (748 words)

	mykp.co.uk by Mike Porter - Nara
		However from 710 to 784 Nara became the permanent capital of Japan and became a large metropolis of shrines, temples and dwellings.
		Nara is a rarity in today’s world, an ancient city with ancient wooden monuments that in spite of Japan’s lengthy and somewhat violent history, has managed to keep most of its treasures and historical buildings intact for all to see and enjoy.
		Although because of the age and vulnerability of these temples close inspection might not be possible depending on the number of visitors at the time of your visit.
	www.mykp.co.uk /printver.asp?id=22 (377 words)

	Todaiji temple
		Tōdai-ji (東大寺), the Eastern Great Temple, is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan.
		The temple also serves as the Japanese headquarters of the Kegon school of Buddhism.
		"The Ancient Capital of Nara and the Old Temple Todaiji".
	www.casimiro.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/t/to/todaiji_temple.html (209 words)

	Windows on Asia
		Todaiji, the inspiration of Emperor Shomu, was built in 734 A.D. as a national temple.
		Todaiji means "a large temple to the east".
		The temple was first owned by Fujiwara Michinaga, a powerful regent and the model for the hero Genji in Tale of Genji.
	www.asia.msu.edu /eastasia/Japan/arch.html (540 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Kegon
		When the construction of Tōdaiji was completed, Rōben entered that temple to formally initiate Kegon as a field of study in Japanese Buddhism, and Kegon-shū would become known as one of the "six Nara (奈良) schools".
		Events The Kegon school of Buddhism arrives in Japan via Korea, when Rōben invites the Korean monk Simsang to lecture, and formally founds Japans Kegon tradition in the Tōdaiji temple.
		Main hall of Tōdaiji Tōdai-ji (東大寺), the Eastern Great Temple, is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kegon (769 words)

	Nara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
		The entrance to Todaiji is guarded by a pair of fearsome Nio deities (borrowed from the Hindu roots of Buddhism).
		Todaiji temple is the largest wooden structure in the world.
		It is actually the third incarnation of the temple, and the previous versions - built in the Edo period (1615-1867) - was quite a bit larger.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~srodney/nara.html (494 words)

	artsmia.org : viewer
		While images of Buddhas and bodhisattvas are the main focus of worship within a temple's main hall, many temples also have smaller halls dedicated to their founders.
		Consequently, people devoted enormous resources to the construction of monasteries and temples, and in the case of priest Gyoki, to the construction of a colossal Buddha in the fervent belief that it would protect the Japanese from calamities ranging from invasion to devastating typhoons.
		The enormous building that held the bronze Buddha was destroyed in 1567 during a period of political unrest and civil warfare.
	www.artsmia.org /viewer/detail.php?id=4867&i=734&v=2&dept=1&cc=japan (1145 words)

	Nara Temples: Todaiji
		Standing next to the Kasuga Shrine, Kofukuji Temple and the park with its roaming deer, it forms a solid pillar of Nara's sightseeing triad.
		Todaiji earned its name, 'Great East Temple,' because it stood due east to the then capital of Heijokyo (present-day Nara).
		When Basho visited Todaiji in 1682, he only saw the headless torso of the statue sitting in the open air.
	www.xs4all.nl /~daikoku/junrei/reijo/14-ban.htm (2521 words)

	Carrying a torch at Todaiji : Lens on Japan : Columns : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)
		One of the major attractions at this temple is the Great Buddha of Nara, which dates from 752.
		Todaiji, Kofukuji and Kasuga Taisha are situated in 502-hectare Nara Park, about 13 times the size of Tokyo Disneyland.
		At the sound of a bell at 7 p.m., priests carrying bright red torches appear one after another at intervals on Nigatsudo's balcony from the stairs on the left side of the hall and run across the balcony, thrusting the torches into the air and spinning them, sending sparks flying.
	www.yomiuri.co.jp /dy/columns/0005/lens178.htm (465 words)

	Nara, Todaiji Temple gate. Tourist Information - VIRTOURIST.COM
		Todaji is a huge temple complex, famous for holding the biggest statue of Buddha in Japan.
		Todaji was founded in the middle of the eighth century, when Nara became the capital, as the head temple of all Buddhist temples in Japan.
		Soon after that, the temple concentrated so much power, that the political leaders moved the capital of Japan to Nagaoka in order to avoid interferences from the religious leaders in Todaji.
	www.virtourist.com /asia/japan/nara/10.htm (86 words)

	Nara Japan : Reviews from the Lost Luggage Tales
		The gentle and inquisitive deer that roam the exquisite parklands of Nara Koen, 42km south of Kyoto are said to be the messengers of the gods.
		The temple, built in 8th century, is one of the most famous in Japan and one of a group of monuments of ancient Nara that have been protected as world heritage sites.
		The park is huge and includes the grounds of Todaiji and Kofukuji temples and the Kasuga Taisha shrine.
	www.lostluggagetales.com /reviews/nara.shtml (187 words)

	Tiles suggest Todaiji precursor \| The Japan Times Online
		Yoshikawa said it is likely the plot and the roof tiles are the remains of Konshuji Temple, believed to have been built in 728 and the main forerunner of Todaiji.
		Todaiji was built by Emperor Shomu, and its name first appeared in historical records in 747.
		Shumpo Horiike, head of a research institute on the history of Todaiji, doubted the fragments indicate the remains of Konshuji, saying historical records of a memorial ceremony for Emperor Shomu's son suggest the temple was not located on the mountain.
	search.japantimes.co.jp /member/member.html?nn20000609b4.htm (439 words)

	Student Travel Information & Discounts - Events: Omizutori (Water-drawing Festival) (Todaiji Temple, Nara, Japan)
		For more than 1200 years the monks of Nara's Todaiji Temple have been performing the sacred ceremony of Omizutori to herald the spring and to pray for peace and happiness in the new year.
		By way of an apology he made scented water spring from a rock in the temple, which could be given to the people once a year to cure ailments and prevent ageing.
		The Todaiji Temple is well worth seeing even if you can't make it for Omizutori; it is the largest wooden structure in the world.
	www.istc.org /sisp/index.htm?fx=event&event_id=29416 (644 words)

	East Asian Art & Archaeology - Newsletter
		Todaiji is the biggest of a group of Buddhist temples built by the Japanese Emperor Shomu in the 8th century to protect the nation and the dynasty.
		The central symbol of this unified state was Todaiji Temple, where every year ceremonies and rites for the protection of the nation were held.
		The Temple is the center of Kegon Buddhism which still plays an important part in the religious life of Japan.
	www.umich.edu /~hartspc/NEAAA/issue61/members/exhibitions/articles/europe/61ger_3.html (392 words)

	Ancient Japan - Discovery Channel
		Built during the Nara period, Todaiji Temple houses the largest statue of Buddha in Japan.
		He built the Tōdaiji Temple in Nara, which housed an extremely large statue of Buddha that was to be the principal image of Buddha in the capital.
		The temple was the centrepiece of a nationwide system of state-supported temples across the country.
	www.discoverychannelasia.com /japan/landmarks/great_buddha/index.shtml (259 words)

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