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title: Buddha, Todaiji
author: James Blake Wiener
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6537/buddha-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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# Buddha, Todaiji

_Authored by [James Blake Wiener](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jbw288/)_

## Image File

[![Buddha, Todaiji](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6537.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6537.jpg)

## Image Caption

The huge [bronze](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/bronze/) [Buddha](https://www.worldhistory.org/Siddhartha_Gautama/) in the Daibutsuden or Great Buddha Hall at 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/). c. 752 CE, [Nara Period](https://www.worldhistory.org/Nara_Period/). Height: 15 metres (49 ft.). Partially restored with the legs and lower body being wholly original.

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## About the Author

James Blake Wiener has a particular interest in cross-cultural exchange and world history. He is a co-founder of World History Encyclopedia and formerly was its Communications Director.
- [Linkedin Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameswiener)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Wiener, J. B. (2017, April 21). Buddha, Todaiji. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6537/buddha-todaiji/>
### Chicago
Wiener, James Blake. "Buddha, Todaiji." *World History Encyclopedia*, April 21, 2017. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6537/buddha-todaiji/>.
### MLA
Wiener, James Blake. "Buddha, Todaiji." *World History Encyclopedia*, 21 Apr 2017, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6537/buddha-todaiji/>.

## License & Copyright

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