Kaidan-do

Power of the four heavenly kings

Original Text

The four heavenly kings of the design of the great Tang Dynasty of Yamato, which is rich in international colors, went after the earthquake-resistant building for the first time in ２７. It used to be a rattling entrance ... It's a little-known spot where people don't come to Todaiji Temple, and I felt the power of the strongest four heavenly kings as much as the Great Buddha.

10/1 ~ Re-opening

Original Text

It seems that the preservation repair which also served as seismic resistance of Kaidan Do hall is finished. I knew that the area around the daibutsu pond between shosoin was the west limit of the precinct, and there were Kaidan in temple, Kegon dormitory, and kindergarten, but I didn't know where Sente Do hall was. Sentedo is 9/25 It is said that it will be closed to the public in the future, so I went to visit for the first time. Senju Kannon, Ganjin Wakami seated statue, and Aizen Myoo seated statue are not allowed to enter the building even if they are seen in the museum in the future. Kaidando is famous for the four heavenly kings of national treasures ...

Sentedo is open to the public instead of restoration work

Original Text

Visits are suspended until the fall of the 5th year of Reiwa due to repairs and earthquake resistance work. Instead, Sente-do in the back of Kaidan-do is open to the public. You can see the beautiful Senju Kannon statue and the Shitenno statue in the kitchen made in the Kamakura period, the sitting statue of Aizen Myoo in the hall, and the sitting statue of Ganjin Wakami. The Senju Kannon statue is also very beautiful, but the zushi that is housed was damaged by a fire in 1998, and the inner color paintings were restored together. The colored paintings are bright and beautiful in the eyes, so I forgot the time and looked at them ...

Kaidanin and Kaidando have been suspended until around July 2023, but Kaidanin and Sentedo are open to the public instead.

Original Text

Kaidan-in and Kaidan-do will be suspended from July 1, 2020 due to preservation and repair and earthquake resistance work (scheduled for about 3 years), but the adjacent Kaidan-in and Sente-do (usually private) will be specially released instead. (However, February 15th ～ March 5th) I visited knowing that it was. In the zushi (national important cultural property), the Senju Kannon statue and the Shitenno statue (all five national important cultural properties) remain surprisingly beautiful because they have been private for a long time (the inside of the hall is ...

Official な Discipline の field

Original Text

Emperor Shomu (Retired Emperor) received the precepts from Kazuhisa Ganjin, who came from Tang, and then built the Kaidanin for the first time in Japan as a place for official precepts. Currently, the visit is suspended.