Nara was the capital of Japan from 710 to 784. During this period the framework of national government was consolidated and Nara enjoyed great prosperity, emerging as the fountainhead of Japanese ...

The pagoda was erected during the Nara Period (710-784) at the encouragement of Empress Komyo, the wife of Emperor Shomu. It has been destroyed by fire on five occasions but rebuilt each time.

This period is known as the Nara period, and marks a time when Japan ... home to the world's largest bronze Buddha statue, ...

Emperor Shōmu, who ruled during the middle of the Nara period, was a devoutly religious man. He constructed the Great Buddha at Tōdaiji Temple, still a popular tourist site today. Even the term we ...

The Hiroshima Daibutsu (big Buddha statue) is currently enshrined at Gokurakuji temple in Ando, Nara Prefecture ... have been made during the Kamakura Period (1185-1333), in or around 1200.

is creating a CGI reconstruction of its huge “daigaran” main structures from the Nara Period (710-784). Temple officials plan to allow visitors to take a virtual tour of the original temple ...

The Shuni-e ritual, held annually since 752 during the Nara period (710-794), marks its 1,274th edition this year. During the training, 11 priests known as the "rengyoshu" seclude themselves in ...

Toin is located in the eastern part of the Heijokyu palace, the nerve center of politics during the Nara Period (710-784). They unearthed ruins of a rectangular-shaped structure, which spans 27 ...

The ancient capital of Heijokyo was apparently hit by a smallpox outbreak in the Nara Period (710-784). Residents thought the disease was brought by “oni” demons and tried to fight the ...

Standing about 22 meters wide, 9 meters deep and 20 meters tall, Daigokumon is reminiscent of the Heijo Palace in the ancient capital of Heijokyo in the early Nara Period (710-784). Used for ...