Fudoki

Todai-ji (2012x16)

Air date: Jun 22, 2014

The Great Eastern Temple Todai-ji, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site at Japan’s 8th century capital of Nara, is the largest wooden building in the world and houses a 15-meter tall, bronze sitting Buddha. It was built during a period of political instability and became a center of state-regulated Buddhism before the shift in power to Kamakura.