Toshodaiji

Date: 759 CE, 1963 (rebuilt)
Image View Description: Kondo (Main Halll), Exterior: North Facade
Material/Technique: wood
Work Type: architecture
Style/Period: Nara
Culture: Japanese
Location: Nara (Japan)
Notes: Large fish-tail shaped ornaments (shibi) on the east and west ends of the topmost ridge of the roof (replaced during the Kamakura Period, 1185-1333). These were thought to protect the building from fire.
Image Source: The Trustees of Columbia University, Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archaeology
Photographer: Caleb Smith
Record ID: Toshodaiji_6339


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