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East Asian Languages and Cultures

TRIP Japan 2002

 

CC students at Todaiji temple, Japan

Todaiji Temple
Isn’t the rooftop beautiful? The building of Todaiji, announced by Shomu in 743, began in 745. "Todaiji...is the manifestation of the symbiosis between architecture and authority, eash essential to the other and mutually sustaining," states William H. Coaldrake in "Architecture and Authority in Japan."

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