Todaiji Temple - Kaidando Hall
Category: Designated as an Important Cultural Property of the Prefecture


In the year 754, the Emperor Shomu, the Empress Koken and the Dowager Empress Komyo, took the Buddhist precepts from Ganjin (Jianzhen), who came from Tang China, at the Kaidan-do (ordination hall) built at the front of the Great Buddha Hall. The next year, the Kaidan-do was established as the first official place for jukai (handing down of the precepts) in Japan. There was once the Kaidan-do, kodo (lecture hall), temple quarters, and cloister, but by the 17th century they were destroyed by three different fires. Only the Kaidan-do and Senju-do were restored.

Todaiji Temple　official website

Map of Temple Grounds

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World Heritage Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara

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Source: Todaiji Temple Website