Todaiji Temple
	<-(166K) national treasures Nara City Edo Period	The temple was erected on the order of Emperor Shomu as the head temple of state-established provincial temples (kokubunji) throughout Japan. The temple complex contains a great many cultural properties spanning the Nara Period (710-794) to the Kamakura Period (1192-1333) such as: the Nandaimon (great south gate-national treasure) which was reconstructed during the Kamakura Period; the Daibutsuden (great Buddha hall-national treasure) which contains the 16-meter high statue embodying the Buddha Virushana (Vairocana) as the principal image of the temple; the belfry (national treasure) ; the Sangatsudo (Third Month Hall),the temple's oldest building (national treasure) ; the Nigatsudo (Second Month Hall) where the rite known as Omizutori (literally" water drawing") is held every March.
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