Great Buddha Hall

…the Great Buddha Hall (Daibutsuden) commenced in 745, and dedication ceremonies for the nearly 50-foot- (15-metre-) high seated figure were held in 752. Only fragments of the original are extant. Most of the present sculpture dates to a reconstruction in 1692, which nevertheless gives ample sense of the scale…

The construction of the Great Buddha Hall (Daibutsuden) commenced in 745, and dedication ceremonies for the nearly 50-foot- (15-metre-) high seated figure were held in 752. Only fragments of the original are extant. Most of the present sculpture dates to a reconstruction in 1692, which nevertheless gives ample sense…

The Great Buddha Hall (Daibutsu-den) was built in the centre of a vast enclosure of some 2 square miles (5 square km) with gates, pagodas, subsidiary buildings, and colonnades. It was an enormous wooden building measuring some 288 by 169 feet (88 by 52 metres) in…