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title: Great Buddha Hall, Todaiji
author: James Blake Wiener
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6530/great-buddha-hall-todaiji/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Great Buddha Hall, Todaiji

_Authored by James Blake Wiener_

## Image File

[![Great Buddha Hall, Todaiji](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6530.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6530.jpg)

## Image Caption

The Daibutsuden or Great [Buddha](https://www.worldhistory.org/Siddhartha_Gautama/) Hall of the [Todaiji](https://www.worldhistory.org/Todaiji/) [temple](https://www.worldhistory.org/temple/) complex, [Nara](https://www.worldhistory.org/Nara/), [Japan](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Japan/). First built in the 8th century CE, the building today was built in the middle of the [Edo Period](https://www.worldhistory.org/Edo_Period/) (1603-1867 CE).

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## Cite This Work

### APA
Wiener, J. B. (2017, April 20). Great Buddha Hall, Todaiji. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6530/great-buddha-hall-todaiji/>
### Chicago
Wiener, James Blake. "Great Buddha Hall, Todaiji." *World History Encyclopedia*, April 20, 2017. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6530/great-buddha-hall-todaiji/>.
### MLA
Wiener, James Blake. "Great Buddha Hall, Todaiji." *World History Encyclopedia*, 20 Apr 2017, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6530/great-buddha-hall-todaiji/>.

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