Tŏdai-Ji

Kasuga Taisha Tŏdai-Ji

Tŏdai-Ji

Buddha Images Deer Park

 

said to be the largest wooden building in the World

 

incense

 

Daibutsu-den Hall

 

 

guardian of health

 

 

smoke from the incense purifies

 

Kokuuzo-bosatsu

 

 

 

the guardian

 

the Great Buddha
the largest in Japan

More Photos of the Great Buddha

 

offering box

 

one of the great pillars of the wooden building

 

sliding through this hole,
the same size as the Great Buddha's nostril,
is an insurance of enlightenment

 

the courtyard

 

 

 

water for purification

 

sake cartons and barrels

 

Daibutsu-den Hall

 

 

Daibutsu-den Hall


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