nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: The sozo were found from the areas of Kondo as well as the middle and southern pagodas, while the wall paintings were found only from the Kondo area.
Japanese: 塑像は金堂跡、中・南塔跡とも周辺から、壁画は金堂周辺のみからの出土である。
English: It is supposed that at the time of establishment, the principal image was an approximately 2.5 m high statue of Nyorai and at its back there was a wall painting of a kind of Mandala illustrating the Pure Land.
Japanese: 創建時は半丈六如来像を本尊として、背後に浄土変相図の類の壁画が描かれていたと考えられる。
English: At the time of restoration, the statue of Sanzon Triad of 4.85 m was settled in the Kondo as the principal image and its background wall was partially decorated with the paintings of larger-sized Buddhist motifs of halo and lotus pedestal.
Japanese: 改修時には金堂に丈六三尊像が本尊として安置され、壁画も一部、創建時より大きいモチーフで「光背」や「蓮台」など仏像の背景的なものが描かれる。
English: Since 2004, the site has been maintained by Yonago City and an environmental improvement project (construction of a park at the site) has been carried out.
Japanese: 遺跡は2004年から米子市によって環境整備（公園化）が進められている。
English: Its torii (shrine archway), which appears to be floating on the shore of Lake Biwa against the background of Oki-Island, is so impressive that it is also called 'Itsukushima-jinja Shrine of Omi'.
Japanese: 沖島を背景として琵琶湖畔に浮かぶ鳥居が印象的で、「近江の厳島神社」とも称される。
English: Impersonating Sarutahiko okami (the great god of Sarutahiko) as an old man with white hair derives from the name of the shrine, and the shrine is also the scene of a Noh song "Shirahige".
Japanese: 猿田彦大神を人格化する際に白髪の老人とする端緒は、当社の社名にあるといい、謡曲『白鬚』の舞台でもある。
English: The shrine tradition says it started when Yamatohime no mikoto founded a shrine in 5 B.C.
Japanese: 社伝によると垂仁天皇の25年、倭姫命により社殿を創建したのに始まる。
English: It is a Kokushigenzai-sha Shrine as the description that Hira god was given a divine rank of Jushiinoge (Junior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade) is seen under the heading of January 18, 865 (old calender) of "Nihon sandai jitsuroku" (history book written in the Heian period), but it is not listed in Engishiki Jinmyocho (a list of shrines).
Japanese: 『日本三代実録』の貞観_(日本)7年（865年）正月18日条に比良神が従四位下の神階を受けたとの記述がある国史見在社であるが、延喜式神名帳には記載されていない。
English: Honden (the main shrine building), Wakamiya-sha Shrine (the sub-shrine), Ise-jingu Shrine (two main shrines, Naiku and Geku) and the three shrines of Hachiman were built by carpenters from Harima Province under a bugyo Katsumoto KATAGIRI by order of Hideyori TOYOTOMI to excecute dead Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI's will.
Japanese: 本殿・若宮社・伊勢両宮及び八幡三社は、豊臣秀吉の遺命を受け、豊臣秀頼が片桐且元を奉行に命じ、播磨国の大工の手によって造営されたものである。
English: In front of the shrine office in the precinct, there is a monument engraved with a waka poem composed by spouses Tekkan YOSANO and Akiko YOSANO when they visited the shrine.
Japanese: 境内社務所前に、与謝野鉄幹・与謝野晶子夫妻が当社へ参詣した際に詠んだ歌碑がある。
English: From Omi-takashima Station on the JR Kosei Line, take Route 161 (changed to Prefectural Road 558 in April, 2007), 3km toward the south.
Japanese: JR湖西線近江高島駅から国道161号（平成19年4月より県道558号に変更）を南へ3km。
English: There is a community bus service, but it is irregular, running from the shrine to Omi-takashima Station only (the bus toward the south runs past the shrine).
Japanese: コミュニティバスはあるが変則的な運行で、神社→近江高島駅のみの運行（南行きは神社を通過）なので注意。
English: The Kojaku Railway that used to run in the west of Lake Biwa (abolished on November 1, 1969) had Shirahige Station in the south of Shirahige-jinja Shrine, but the Kosei Line that replaced it does not have a station there, and the line runs through the Takashima tunnel in the mountain behind the shrine.
Japanese: かつて湖西を走っていた江若鉄道（1969年11月1日廃止）には、白鬚神社南方に白鬚駅があったが、江若鉄道に取って替わった湖西線に駅は無く、高島トンネルで裏山を抜けている。
English: Since the temple was founded by ARIWARA no Narihira at the imperial order by the Emperor Ninmyo, it is also called the 'Narihira-dera Temple.'
Japanese: 仁明天皇の勅願を受け、在原業平が開基したとの由緒から「業平寺」とも呼ばれる。
English: In the precincts, various flowers, such as weeping forsythia, camellia, Japanese iris and chrysanthemum, bloom from season to season, and in late autumn people can enjoy the charming colors of maple leaves and nandin berries.
Japanese: 境内には四季折々、レンギョウ、ツバキ、カキツバタ、キクなどが咲き乱れ、晩秋にはカエデ、ナンテンなどが見られる。
English: According to the temple legend, the origin goes back to 809, when Emperor Heizei abdicated the throne and started to live in seclusion at this place, naming it 'Kaya no Gosho (Thatched-Roofed Imperial Palace).'
Japanese: 寺伝によれば、大同(日本)4年（809年）、平城天皇が譲位してのち隠棲し「萱の御所」と称したのが始まりとされる。
English: Afterwards, it is said that the Imperial Prince Abo, the son of the Emperor Heizei, and ARIWARA no Narihira, the fifth son of the Imperial Prince Abo, also lived there.
Japanese: その後平城天皇の皇子である阿保親王、更に阿保親王の5男である在原業平が暮らしたという。
English: Upon the oracle that Narihira received when he visited the Ise-jingu Shrine, he himself carved the statue of Sho Kannon, and prayed to Buddha for the consolation of the soul of dead Imperial Prince Abo at this palace, giving it the name of 'Futaiten Horin-ji Temple.'
Japanese: 伊勢神宮参詣時に受けた神勅を機に、業平が自ら聖観音像を刻み、「不退転法輪寺」と号して阿保親王の菩提を弔った。
English: Since old roof-tiles were excavated around this temple, the establishment can be dated back to the early Heian period.
Japanese: 寺の近辺からは平安時代前期の古瓦が出土しており、創建がその頃までさかのぼることは認められる。
English: The south gate –constructed in 1317 at the end of Kamakura period and the style is Kirizuma-zukuri (an architectural style with a gabled roof) and hongawarabuki (formal tile roofing).
Japanese: 南門－鎌倉時代末期、正和6年（1317年）の建立で、切妻造・本瓦葺。
English: This is the first example of the architectural structures whose facade is decorated with Koryo (a moderately carved beam like a rainbow), the style that became popular in Kamakura period.
Japanese: 鎌倉時代に入ってから一般化した、正面中央に虹梁を配する様式の初見例とされる。
English: According to an old painting, 'Yamato meisho zue,' (Beauty spots in Yamato), the pagoda had a top layer of Hiwadabuki roofing (a style of roofing with the bark of hinoki, Japanese cypress) in Kansei era, but it was cast away during the movement of the Exclusion of Buddhism in Meiji period.
Japanese: 「大和名所図絵」によれば、寛政年間には檜皮葺きの上層部があったが、明治に入ってからの廃仏毀釈の中で取り払われた。
English: The container for Buddha's relic of a five-storied pagoda shape placed in the Zushi was stolen in 1952, and since then it remains missing.
Japanese: 厨子内に安置されていた五輪塔形舎利容器は1952年に盗難に遭って行方不明である。
English: From Nara Station (JR Kansai Main Line/ Kintetsu Railway), take Nara Kotsu Bus bound for Saidai-ji Temple/Japan Air Self-Defense Force.
Japanese: JR関西本線奈良駅・近鉄奈良駅より奈良交通バス（西大寺駅・航空自衛隊行き）乗車。
English: From Yamato Saidai-ji Station (Kintetsu Railway), take Nara Kotsu Bus bound for JR Nara Station/ Shiratsuchi-cho.
Japanese: 近畿日本鉄道大和西大寺駅より奈良交通バス（JR奈良駅・白土町行き）乗車。
English: The opening hours are 9:00am – 5:00pm, and the entrance fee is 500 yen for adults, junior and senior high school students and 300 yen for elementary school students.
Japanese: 拝観は午前9時～午後5時、拝観料は大人・中・高生500円、小学生300円。
English: Its temple legend says that it was originally called Reisho-zan, and one of the Iwabuchi senbo (one thousand temple lodgings located in precipitous terrain) founded by Gonso Daitoku, a mentor of Kukai.
Japanese: 寺伝では、元は霊松山といい、空海の師である勤操大徳によってに開かれた巌渕千坊の一つであったという。
English: Around the middle of the 9th century, in 858 in concrete, Imperial Prince Korehito (later Emperor Seiwa) was born after the empress of Emperor Montoku, Some-dono, offered a fervent prayer to this temple, wishing to have a child.
Japanese: 9世紀中頃の天安(日本)2年（858年）、文徳天皇后の染殿皇后（藤原明子(染殿后)）が当寺に懐妊祈願をしたところ惟仁親王（後の清和天皇）が生まれた。
English: Following this event, a Buddhist complex was constructed by the wish of Emperor Montoku and it began using the name Obitoke-dera Temple at his imperial order.
Japanese: このことから、文徳天皇の勅願により伽藍が建立され、勅命により帯解寺と名乗るようになったという。
English: In and after the 20th century, Empress Michiko, Princess Masako, the wife of Imperial Prince Naruhito, and other imperial family members, such as Prince Mikasa and his family, Princess Takamado and her family, and Prince Akishino and his family, visited this temple to pray for safe delivery.
Japanese: 20世紀以降も皇后美智子皇后、徳仁親王妃雅子皇太子妃をはじめ、三笠宮、高円宮、秋篠宮などの皇族が当寺において安産祈願を行っている。
English: On July 23 and 24, a great Buddhist memorial service "Jizo-e shiki Daihoe" (Jizo Festival) is held to worship Jizo Bosatsu (the guardian deity for children), and the temple comes alive with many stalls set up in front of the gate.
Japanese: 7月23日、24日の「地蔵会式大法会（地蔵祭り）」には、門前に出店も出て賑わう。
English: Its honzon (principal image) is Amida Nyorai (Amitabha Tathagata), and its Kaiki (patron of a temple in its founding)is said to be WAKE no Kiyomaro or FUJIWARA no Momokawa.
Japanese: 本尊は阿弥陀如来、開基（創立者）は和気清麻呂ともいい、藤原百川ともいう。
English: There are divided opinions over the founding of Konbu-in Temple, and its history before the medieval times is not known in details.
Japanese: 興福院の創建については複数の説があり、中世以前の沿革はあまり明らかでない。
English: Its temple history says that it was originally called Kobun-in, which was established by WAKE no Kiyomaro around the Tenpyo era as an academic facility.
Japanese: 寺伝では天平の頃、和気清麻呂が学問所として創建した弘文院が前身という。
English: On the other hand, some historical materials such as "Shoji Engi Shu" (The book describing the history of every temple) says that it was originally a nunnery Konbuni-in established by FUJIWARA no Momokawa.
Japanese: また、「諸寺縁起集」などの史料には藤原百川が創建した興福尼院が前身とされている。
English: Additionally, its principal image, the statue of Amida Sanzon, was a work in the Nara period, and this suggests that the foundation of the temple goes back to the Nara period.
Japanese: なお、本尊の阿弥陀三尊像が奈良時代の作品であることから、寺の創建も奈良時代にさかのぼると思われる。
English: During the reign of Ietsuna TOKUGAWA (1665), it was moved to the present site Horen-cho, and restored as a nunnery temple.
Japanese: 徳川家綱代の（寛文5年（1665年））に現在地の法蓮町に移転し、尼寺として再興された。
English: 9 minutes by Nara Kotsu Bus for 'Jieitai-mae' or 'Saidai-ji' via Hokke-ji Temple from Nara Station (Kintetsu Nara Line)
Japanese: 近鉄奈良線近鉄奈良駅から奈良交通バス「自衛隊前」「西大寺」行き（法華寺経由）で9分
English: The temple, counted as one of the Seven Great Temples, was a big temple comparable to Nara Todai-ji Temple and Kofuku-ji Temple in size.
Japanese: 南都七大寺の1つに数えられ、奈良時代には東大寺、興福寺と並ぶ大寺であった。
English: In the Nara period, Daian-ji Temple, which had a large complex with various buildings, including two seven-storied pagodas in the east and in the west, was a huge temple comparable to Todai-ji Temple and Kofuku-ji Temple.
Japanese: 奈良時代の大安寺は東西2基の七重塔をはじめとする大伽藍を有し、東大寺、興福寺と並ぶ大寺院であった。
English: Among the Seven Great Temples of Nara, only Todai-ji Temple and Daian-ji Temple had a seven-storied pagoda.
Japanese: 南都七大寺のなかでも、七重塔が建っていたのは東大寺と大安寺のみである。
English: Daian-ji Temple in the Nara period had many historically noted monks, including Bodai Senna from India who served as doshi (Lead Chanter) in the kaigan ceremony (eye-opening) of Great Buddha of Todai-ji Temple.
Japanese: 奈良時代の大安寺には、東大寺大仏開眼の導師を務めたインド僧・菩提僊那をはじめ歴史上著名な僧が在籍した。
English: After its principle buildings and pagoda were burnt down in a fire in 1017, it never recovered its past prosperity.
Japanese: 寛仁元年（1017年）の火災で主要堂塔を焼失して以後は、かつての隆盛を回復することはなかった。
English: The existing temple buildings were all rebuilt in and after the end of Edo Period on an extremely reduced size
Japanese: 現存する大安寺の堂宇はいずれも近世末～近代の再建であり、規模も著しく縮小している。
English: The remains that date back to the Nara period are only nine wooden statue of Buddhas, which are considered to have been built around the end of the 8th century.
Japanese: 奈良時代にさかのぼる遺品としては、8世紀末頃の制作と思われる木彫仏9体が残るのみである。
English: The history of Daian-ji Temple mainly relies on the descriptions of official history books, "Nihonshoki" (Chronicles of Japan) and Shoku Nihongi' (Chronicle of Japan Continued), as well as the temple's construction records, "Daian-ji Garan Engi narabini Ruki Shizai Cho" (The notebook of the history of Daian-ji Temple and the record of the materials.) compiled in 747.
Japanese: 大安寺の歴史については、正史『日本書紀』『続日本紀』の記述のほか、天平19年（747年）作成の「大安寺伽藍縁起并流記資材帳」（だいあんじがらんえんぎ　ならびに　るきしざいちょう）が主なよりどころとなっている。
English: The "Shizai Cho" describes that Daian-ji Temple is originated from a Buddhist monastery, Kumagori-shoja founded by Prince Shotoku in present Yamatokoriyama City, Nara Prefecture.
Japanese: 「資材帳」によれば、大安寺の起源は聖徳太子が今の奈良県大和郡山市に建てた熊凝精舎（くまごりしょうじゃ）であるという。
English: Every time the temple was relocated, its name was changed repeatedly to 'Kudaradai-ji Temple,' 'Takechidai-ji Temple,' and then 'Daikandai-ji Temple.'
Japanese: またこれが移転して、「百済大寺」（くだらのおおてら、くだらだいじ）、「高市大寺」（たけちのおおてら、たけちだいじ）、「大官大寺」（だいかんだいじ）と改称を繰り返した。
English: The "Shizai Cho" describes that Daian-ji Temple is originated from Kumagori-shoja Monastery built by Prince Shotoku.
Japanese: 「資材帳」によれば、大安寺の起源は聖徳太子が建てた熊凝精舎であった。
English: It is said that Prince Shotoku on his sickbed ordered Prince Tamura (later Emperor Jomei) who came to visit him to promote Kumagori-shoja Monastery to a full-scale temple.
Japanese: 病床にあった聖徳太子は、見舞いに来た田村皇子（のちの舒明天皇）に、熊凝精舎を本格的な寺院にすべきことを告げたという。
English: Prince Tamura fulfilled the Prince Shotoku's will and built a temple in the vicinity of the Kudara River in 639 and named it Kudaradai-ji Temple, after he ascended the throne.
Japanese: 太子の意思を受けた田村皇子が、即位後の舒明天皇11年（639年）、百済川のほとりに建てたのが百済大寺であるという。
English: Some believe that Kumagori-shoja Monastery was built in Nukatabe, Yamatokoriyama City, on the site where Kakuan-ji Temple is currently located, but some show skepticism about the location because its name is not found in any historical materials other than "Shizai Cho of the Daian-ji Temple."
Japanese: 熊凝精舎については、大和郡山市額田部（ぬかたべ）に現存する額安寺がその跡ともいわれるが、「大安寺資材帳」以外の奈良時代の史料にその名が見えないことから実在が疑問視されている。
English: It is commonly considered in the academic world that the episode was a tradition derived from a public whish to suppose that Prince Shotoku, who was believed to be the forefather of Japanese Buddhism, was also the founder of the temple..
Japanese: 日本仏教興隆の祖とされる聖徳太子を創立者に仮託した伝承とみるのが通説である。
English: Regarding the Kudaradai-ji Temple, although there is a temple called Kudara-ji Temple in Koryo-cho, Kita-Katsuragi County, Nara Prefecture, a relationship between the Emperor Jomei and the temple is unknown.
Japanese: 一方の百済大寺については、奈良県北葛城郡広陵町に百済寺(広陵町)という寺が現存するものの、舒明天皇との関連は明確でない。
English: In 1997, Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties (present Nara Research Institute for Cultural Properties) announced its observation that the ancient site of Kibiike Temple found in the southeast of Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture (east of the site of Fujiwara-kyo) can be the site where Kudaradai-ji Temple once stood.
Japanese: 1997年、奈良国立文化財研究所（現・奈良文化財研究所）は、奈良県桜井市南西部（藤原京跡の東方）にある吉備池廃寺跡が百済大寺跡と推定されるとの見解を発表した。
English: Its excavation revealed that Kibiike Temple had a Horyu-ji-style temple layout with Kondo (main hall) in the east and a pagoda in the west.
Japanese: 発掘調査の結果、吉備池廃寺は東に金堂、西に塔が建つ法隆寺式伽藍配置の寺院であったことが明らかになった。
English: Judging from the style of the excavated old roof-tiles, there is a high posibility that this temple is Kudaradai-ji Temple which was build in 639.
Japanese: 発掘された古瓦の様式年代からもこの寺院が舒明天皇11年（639年）に建立された百済大寺に該当する可能性は高いと見られている。
English: "Nihonshoki" describes that Mino no Okimi and Ki no Katamaro were appointed to take Office of Todai-ji Temple Construction on December 17, 673February 1, 974 (表記の変更), suggesting that Takechidai-ji Temple is the present Daikandai-ji Temple.
Japanese: 『日本書紀』には、天武天皇2年（673年）12月17日に美濃王（みののおおきみ）と紀訶多麻呂（きのかたまろ）が造高市大寺司に任命されたとあり、高市大寺が今の大官大寺だとする記述がある。
English: "Shizai Cho of the Daian-ji Temple" describes that Mino no Okimi (the same pronunciation as above but written in Chinese characters) and Ki no Katamaro were appointed to take Office of Todai-ji Temple Construction on the same date, when the temple was moved from Kudara to Takechi.
Japanese: 「大安寺資材帳」には、その同じ日に御野王（「みののおおきみ」で美濃王と同じ）と紀訶多麻呂が造寺司に任命され、このときに寺を百済の地から高市の地に移したとある。
English: It is pointed out that the year 673 is the following year of Jinshin War won by the Emperor Tenmu and fell on the 32nd anniversary of the death of his father, the Emperor Jomei, as well as the twelfth anniversary of the death of his mother, the Empress Saime.
Japanese: 673年は天武天皇（大海人皇子）が壬申の乱に勝利した翌年であり、同天皇の父舒明天皇の三十三回忌、母斉明天皇の十三回忌にあたることが指摘されている。
English: "Shizai Cho" also says that Takechidai-ji Temple changed its name to Daikandai-ji Temple in September 677.
Japanese: 資材帳にはさらに、天武天皇6年（677年）9月に高市大寺を改称して大官大寺としたと見える。
English: Opinions on the relationship between Takechidai-ji Temple and Daikandai-ji Temple differ from researcher to researcher: some suggest only the name was changed and others suggest the change of name is accompanied by relocation.
Japanese: 高市大寺と大官大寺の関係については、単なる名称の変更と見るか、移転を伴う改称と見るかで研究者の意見が分かれている。
English: Mt. Kaguyama, one of Yamato Sanzan (the three appreciated mountains in Yamato Province) lies on the north of the site and the ruins of Asuka Kiyohara no miya Imperial residence extends on the south of the site.
Japanese: 寺跡の北には大和三山のうちの香久山、南には飛鳥浄御原宮跡が位置する。
English: It is hard to say that the site of the temple is well conserved; for example, the foundation stone of the Kondo is missing.
Japanese: 寺跡の残存状況は良好とは言えず、金堂の礎石は抜き取られて残っていない。
English: It is not clear whether the plan to build a set of pagodas in the east and the west was canceled, or whether the original plan was to build only one pagoda.
Japanese: 東西2基の塔を建てる予定だったものが中断されたのか、もともと1基のみの塔を建てる計画であったのかは定かでない。
English: The pagoda is a large quadrilateral structure called Ho-Goken (there are six columns on each of the four sides, with a space of five ken [about nine meters] between each column on the base layer) and it is highly possible that this was a nine-story pagoda as the tradition describes.
Japanese: 塔は方5間（初層平面の1辺に柱が6本立ち、柱間が5間あるという意味）の大規模なもので、伝承のとおり九重塔であった可能性が高い。
English: A large amount of burnt soil and tiles were found in the excavation conducted by Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties between 1973 and 1982, revealing that the temple had a fire soon after the completion or when it was still under construction.
Japanese: 昭和48年（1973年）から同57年（1982年）にかけて奈良国立文化財研究所の行った発掘調査によって、寺跡からは大量の焼け土や焼けた瓦が検出され、この寺が完成後まもない頃、もしくは工事中に火災に遭ったことが判明した。
English: In addition, the chronology of excavated earthware suggested that the temple's buildings were constructed from the final years of the Emperor Jito's reign and the early years of Emperor Monmu (the very end of the 7th century).
Japanese: さらに出土した土器の編年から、この伽藍の建立は持統天皇の末年から文武天皇の初年頃（7世紀最末期）であったことが推定された。
English: For all of these reasons, Daikandai-ji Temple does not chronologically match Takechidai-ji Temple, which was built during the Reign of Emperor Tenmu as mentioned above.
Japanese: 以上のことから、前述の天武朝に建立された高市大寺とは年代が合わない。
English: Among temples built in the Asuka area during the 7th century, temples such as Hoko-ji Temple (Gango-ji Temple), Yakushi-ji Temple, and Umayazaka-dera temple (later Kofuku-ji Temple) were moved to the new capital along with the transfer of the capital to Heijo-kyo.
Japanese: 飛鳥地方にあった7世紀建立の寺院のうち、法興寺（元興寺）、薬師寺、厩坂寺（うまやさかでら、後の興福寺）などは平城京への遷都とともに新都へ移転している。
English: There are several views but the most commonly-accepted one is that the temple was moved in 716.
Japanese: いくつかの説があるが、霊亀2年（716年）の移転とみるのが通説とされている。
English: The basis of the theory comes from a description in "Shoku Nihongi" (Chronicle of Japan Continued) meaning "Gango-ji Temple was moved to and rebuilt in Shibo Yoncho, Rokujo, Sakyo" and its interpretation that "Daikandai-ji Temple" should read "Gango-ji Temple."
Japanese: この説の根拠は、『続日本紀』の霊亀2年5月条に「元興寺を左京六条四坊へ移し建てる」という意味の記載があるが、この「元興寺」を「大官大寺」の誤記とするものである。
English: Additionally, "Fuso Ryakki" (A Brief History of Japan) says that Daikandai-ji Temple in the Asuka area had a fire in 711, the year following the relocation of the capital.
Japanese: なお、『扶桑略記』によれば飛鳥の大官大寺は和銅4年（711年）すなわち遷都の翌年に火災に遭ったという。
English: The above mentioned excavation carried out in the site of Daikandai-ji Temple also confirmed that there was a fire.
Japanese: 前述の大官大寺跡の発掘調査の結果からも、火災のあったことは確認されている。
English: The streets of Heijo-kyo were arranged like the intersections on a Go board at an interval of 1 cho (about 109 m).
Japanese: 平城京の街路は1町（約109メートル）ごとに碁盤目状に配されていた。
English: The east-west streets which run every four cho (approximately 436 m) were called Ichijo-oji, Nijo-oji and so on, while the north-south streets were called Ichibo-oji, Nibo-oji and so on.
Japanese: 4町ごとに走る東西路は一条大路、二条大路・・、南北路は一坊大路、二坊大路・・、と名付けられていた。
English: The temple has a large dimensions extending up to the south of Rokujo-oji Street and measured 3 cho from east to west and 5 cho from north to south.
Japanese: 寺域は六条大路の南側にも伸び、東西3町、南北5町に及ぶ広大なものであった。
English: The layout of the temple stand out the location of the east and west pagodas (seven-storied pagodas), which were considerably detached from the Kondo and located outside Nandai-mon gate (on the south of the temple's precinct).
Japanese: 伽藍配置の特色は、東西両塔（七重塔）が金堂から大きく離れ、南大門の外側（南方）に建つことである。
English: "Shizai Cho of Daian-ji Temple" written in 747 describes that as many as 887 monks resided in Daian-ji Temple as of the same year.
Japanese: 天平19年（747年）の「大安寺資材帳」によると、同年現在、大安寺には887名の僧が居住していた。
English: Daian-ji Temple in the Nara period has many noted monks including Bodai Senna from India, Doji who had studied and stayed in Tang Dynasty of China for 16 years, and other monks who studied in foreign counties or who were naturalized.
Japanese: 奈良時代の大安寺には、インド僧・菩提僊那、唐に16年間滞在した留学僧・道慈など、帰化僧・留学僧を含む著名な僧が在籍していた。
English: He played an important role in Japanese history of Buddhism, for example, by bringing to Japan a new translation of "Golden Light of the Most Victorious Kings Sutra," a sutra valued during the Nara Period as a Buddhist scriptures to safeguard the country in the Nara Period.
Japanese: 奈良時代に護国経典として重視された新訳『金光明最勝王経』を日本にもたらすなど、上代仏教史上重要な人物である。
English: The following monks served at Daian-ji Temple as well: Fusho and Yoei who were dispatched to China in the Tang period to invite Priest Tang Jianzhen to Japan, Gonso who was the master of Kukai, and Gyohyo who was the master of Saicho.
Japanese: 唐僧・鑑真を日本へ招請するため唐に派遣された普照と栄叡（ようえい）、空海の師にあたる勤操（ごんそう）、最澄の師にあたる行表も大安寺の僧であった。
English: Daian-ji Temple played an important role in the ancient Japanese history of Buddhism, but it gradually fell into a decline after the capital was transferred to Heian-kyo (ancient Kyoto).
Japanese: 大安寺が日本の上代仏教の発展に果たした役割は大きかったが、都が平安京へ移ると次第に衰退した。
English: A fire that occurred in 1017 completely destructed the temple except for its principal image, the statue of Shaka Nyorai, and the east pagoda.
Japanese: 寛仁元年（1017年）の火災では本尊釈迦如来像と東塔を残してことごとく焼失した。
English: It was damaged by an earthquake in 1596, and it is said that only one small hall had been left in the early-modern times.
Japanese: 慶長元年（1596年）の地震による損害の後、近世には小堂1つを残すのみであったという。
English: The dried lacquer statue of Shaka Nyorai, which is registered in "Shizai Cho" as the principal image of Daian-ji Temple, was a statue built at the wish of Emperor Tenchi and known as one of the masterpieces.
Japanese: 大安寺の旧本尊・乾漆造釈迦如来像は「資材帳」に天智天皇発願の像と記され、名作として知られていた。
English: A travelogue "Shichidaiji Junrei Shiki (Private Journal of a Pilgrimage to the Seven Great Temples)" written by Chikamichi OE, who visited various temples in the southern capital (Nara), describes as follows: 'the principal image of Yakushi-ji Temple is an excellent work, but it is far behind from Shaka zo (statue of Buddha) of Daian-ji Temple.'
Japanese: 平安時代末期の保延6年（1140年）に南都の諸寺を巡った大江親通の『七大寺巡礼私記』は、薬師寺の本尊像（現存、国宝）についての記述のなかで、「薬師寺の本尊像は優れた作だが、大安寺の釈迦像には及ばない」という趣旨のことを述べている。
English: It is known that Jocho, a busshi (sculptor of Buddhist statues) who completed the Japanese sculptures style at the end of Heian period, also made a replica of the statue of Buddha enshrined in Daian-ji Temple.
Japanese: 平安時代末期に和様彫刻様式を完成させた仏師・定朝も大安寺の釈迦像を模作したことが知られている。
English: All the buildings including the main hall and Inanagido on the temple's ground (although the complex is designated as a national historic site) are modern constructions.
Japanese: 境内（国の史跡）には本堂、嘶堂（いななきどう）などが建つがいずれも近代の建物である。
English: Sangyo-den - It is a ferroconcrete repository built in 1963, and seven wooden statues including Mokuzo Yoryu Kannon Ritsuzo (The wooden image of the standing Kannon holding the branch of a willow to eradicate illness) (important cultural property) is enshrined.
Japanese: 讃仰殿-1963年に建てられた鉄筋コンクリート造の収蔵庫で、楊柳観音立像（重文）など7躯の木彫仏を安置する。
English: The fact that no descriptions on these statues are found in "Shizai Cho of the Daian-ji Temple" written in 747 suggests that they were built at a later time.
Japanese: 天平19年の「大安寺資材帳」にはこれらの像に該当するものが見出されないことから、それ以後の造立と思われる。
English: It has been pointed out that these wooden statues were similar in style to the statues of the Kodo (main hall) of Toshodai-ji Temple.
Japanese: これらの木彫仏は作風的に唐招提寺の旧講堂仏像群との類似が指摘されている。