{"id":208,"date":"2020-03-07T12:45:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T12:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sixtydays.org\/japan\/?p=208"},"modified":"2026-09-05T16:31:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T16:31:28","slug":"todaiji-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sixtydays.org\/japan\/todaiji-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Todaiji Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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T\u014ddai-ji<\/strong> (\u6771\u5927\u5bfa, Eastern Great Temple) is a Buddhist temple<\/a> complex that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples<\/a>, located in the city of Nara<\/a>, Japan. Though it was originally founded in the year 738 CE, Todai-ji was not opened until the year 752 CE.[1]<\/a><\/sup> Its Great Buddha Hall (\u5927\u4ecf\u6bbf Daibutsuden<\/em>) houses the world’s largest bronze statue of the Buddha Vairocana<\/a>, known in Japanese as Daibutsu<\/a><\/em> (\u5927\u4ecf). The temple also serves as the Japanese headquarters of the Kegon<\/a> school of Buddhism. The temple is a listed UNESCO World Heritage Site<\/a> as one of the “Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara<\/a>“, together with seven other sites including temples, shrines and places in the city of Nara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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