Eye-opening of the Great Buddha of Tōdai-ji
東大寺大仏開眼供養
Event · dedication · 752 · Nara, Japan
The apogee of the Tōdaiji project: in the spring of 752 a magnificent eye-opening ceremony was held for the colossal Birushana (Vairocana) Buddha1. Ordered in 743 and cast in 749, the Buddha was consecrated in Tenpyō-shōhō 4 (752)2. Mason 2005, pp. 60–61, 84–85. ↩ Tōdaiji, 東大寺の歴史, 「天平15年（743）に盧舎那大仏造顕（造立）の詔が発せられ…天平21年（749）仏身が鋳造…天平勝宝4年（752）に盛大な開眼」. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005. Tōdaiji, 東大寺の歴史: 東大寺の歴史, https://www.todaiji.or.jp/information/history/ (zuletzt abgerufen am 31.10.2026).