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Kōdō (lecture hall), Tōshōdaiji

Artwork · Anonymous · mid 8th century · building · Tōshōdai-ji Temple

The lecture hall of Tōshōdai-ji Temple, the temple of the Chinese monk Jianzhen: built as the East Morning Hall of the imperial palace, dismantled and given to the temple, perhaps before Ganjin’s death in 763. The temple was the seat of his Ritsu school. 1 Mason 2005, p. 70, fig. 82. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005.