Jan 4, 2016
Nara - Tōdai-ji: Nandaimon - Agyo
Nara – Tōdai-ji: Nandaimon – Agyo
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Tōdai-ji (東大寺), or the Great Eastern Temple, is the Japanese headquarters of the Kegon school of Buddhism and one of Japan’s most famous and historically significant temples. Constructed in 752 as the head temple of all provincial Buddhist temples of Japan under the order of Emperor Shōmu, it quickly grew so powerful that the capital was moved out of Nara to lower its influence on…
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