Part III: Toshodai-ji: T’ang Buddhist Monastery
In the final part of our series on the great temples of Nara, we look at the picturesque precinct of Toshodai-ji temple and the flowering of cultural ties that began to flourish between Japan and China during the Nara Period
Toshodai-ji's Main Hall (Kondo)
The temple of Toshodai-ji is little-known to foreign visitors, yet it played a significant role in the development of Buddhist doctrine from the second half of the 8th century AD onwards. (more…)
