Todai-ji
by Brad Brizek
Title
Todai-ji
Artist
Brad Brizek
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
This is the massive temple of Todai-ji near Nara, Japan. Todai-ji itself means "great eastern temple" and boy is it ever. The scale of this huge building is evident by looking at the small people near the base of the steps. And it's completely made out of wood.
The temple houses a metal Buddha statue that is almost 50 feet tall and weighs 550 tons. The current temple was completed in the 1700s, but the original was built in the 700s. Interestingly, the current building is actually 30% smaller than the old one. Due to being constructed of wood, many old structures in Japan have fallen victim to fire in the past, which is why the stone ruins of the western world exist, but these do not.
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August 12th, 2014
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