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English: There is a Goeika (Buddhist hymn) composed by the priest Honen at the tenth of twenty-five sacred sites which reads "If you leave for the Pure Land as early as possible, you will be able to reach there by the time you die."
Japanese: 法然上人二十五霊跡第十番、御詠歌「極楽へつとめて早く出でたたば身の終わりには参りつきなん」
English: In March 1205 on his way home from a pilgrimage to Mt. Koya, Priest Honen stayed one night in a hermitage on the way to Tachibana-dera Temple, the birthplace of Prince Shotoku.
Japanese: 元久2年（1205年）3月法然は高野山参詣からの帰途、聖徳太子の誕生寺橘寺に巡拝のとき、庵に一夜の宿泊をした。
English: In October 1499, 保誉, the priest of Chion-in Temple had a spiritual dream in which he received a poem from Honen saying 'Although the temple at the foot of Mt. Kagu is narrow, extend it by preaching highly-principled sermons.'
Japanese: 明応8年（1499年）10月、知恩院の保誉は霊夢で「香久山や麓の寺はせまけれど高きみのりを説きて弘めむ」との歌を法然から授かった。
English: Ofusa Kannon is the common name of the Buddhist temple located in Ousa-cho, Kashimara City, Nara Prefecture.
Japanese: おふさ観音（おふさかんのん）は、奈良県橿原市小房（おうさ）町にある寺院の通称名である。
English: The temple is positioned roughly in between Mt. Mimimashi and Mt. Unebi, two of the Three Mountains of Yamato, and its principal image of Budda is Juichimen Kannon (Eleven-faced Kannon).
Japanese: 大和三山の耳成山と畝傍山のほぼ中央に位置する寺院で、本尊は十一面観音。
English: It is said to have been established in 1650 when a Kannon (Deity of Mercy), riding on a white turtle, appeared from a nearby pond called Koigafuchi.
Japanese: 1650年（慶安3年）、この辺りにあった鯉ヶ淵という池の中から白いカメに乗った観音が現れた。
English: A young girl who lived in the neighborhood of Ofusa found the deity and built a small hall to enshrine it.
Japanese: それを発見した付近に住む娘おふさが小さな堂を建立して観音を祀ったことが起源とされている。
English: In order to welcome visitors, about 2,000 seedlings of 1,800 varieties of roses (mainly English Roses), clematises and herbs are cultivated and exhibited in the precincts of this temple.
Japanese: 参詣者をもてなす目的で、イングリッシュローズを中心に約1800種およそ2000株（2008年5月現在）のバラとクレマチス・ハーブなどの植物が境内で栽培・展示されている。
English: Most of the floweres are cutivated in pots, and they are moved out of the grounds during events other than Rose Festival.
Japanese: 花のほとんどは鉢植えで管理され、バラまつり以外の行事期間前後は移動している。
English: The pots of flowers are displayed along the passages arranged in every direction so that visitors can not only appreciate the flowers but also come close and enjoy their smell.
Japanese: 鑑賞するだけでなく、近づいて香りも楽しめるようにと、縦横に通路を配して展示されている。
English: The temple calls this the Hana Mandala as it expresses Mandala in the form of flowers.
Japanese: 花を用いて曼荼羅を境内に表現したとして、寺では花まんだらと称している。
English: Grand Festival for boke-fuji: September 15 (This event is held by Abe Monju-in Temple and Ofusa Kannon alternately every other year, and today, Ofusa Kannon holds this event in odd-numbered years of Western calendar.)
Japanese: ボケ封じ大祭：9月15日（安倍文殊院と交互に隔年で行う、現在おふさ観音は西暦末尾奇数年が担当）
English: From Kintetsu Yamato Yagi Station, get on the Nara Kotsu bus headed for 'Shoubu-cho 4-chome,' 'Oyodo bus center,' or 'Shimoichi-cho, Iwamori' and get off at Obusa, then walk about 5 minutes.
Japanese: 近畿日本鉄道大和八木駅より奈良交通バス「菖蒲町四丁目」・「湯盛温泉杉の湯」・「大淀バスセンター」・「下市町岩森」行きで「小房（おぶさ）」下車徒歩5分
English: This shrine was first built in Kaguraoka in the age of gods, and given the name of Kobe Daijingu at the imperial order by Emperor Suijin.
Japanese: 神代に神楽岡に創建され、崇神天皇の勅によって神戸大神宮の号を賜わる。
English: During the Azuchi-Momoyama period (Tensho era), when this shrine was relocated to its current location on the west bank of Hongo-gawa River, the name of the shrine was changed into the present one.
Japanese: 安土桃山時代（天正年間）に本郷川西岸の現在地に遷座されたときに、現在の社名へと改められた。
English: From Kintetsu Haibara Station (Osaka line), take the Nara Kotsu bus headed for 'Ouda' and get off at the final stop, then walk about 15 minutes.
Japanese: 近鉄大阪線榛原駅から奈良交通バス「大宇陀」行きで20分、終点下車、徒歩15分
English: Fudasho (temples where amulets are collected) etc.: Daibutsu-den (the Great Buddha Hall) - First of the Nanto Shichi Daiji (the seven great temples of Nanto [Nara]); Sashizu-do (the hall to the west of Daibutsu-den) - 11th of the Honen Shonin Nijugo Reiseki (twenty-five places which relate to Honen Shonin); 14th of the 'shinbutsu reijo junpai no michi' (150 pilgrimage routes of Buddhist and Shinto holy places)
Japanese: 札所等南都七大寺1番（大仏殿）法然上人二十五霊跡11番（指図堂）神仏霊場巡拝の道第14番
English: Cultural Properties: Kon-do Hall (Daibutsu-den), Nandai-mon Gate, Birushana-butsu (the great image of Buddha) etc. (National Treasures); Chumon Gate and Stone Lions (Important Cultural Properties)
Japanese: 文化財金堂（大仏殿）、南大門、盧舎那仏（大仏）ほか（国宝）中門、石造獅子ほか（重要文化財）
English: Todai-ji is the main temple of the Kegon sect of Buddhism in Zoshi-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture in Japan.
Japanese: 東大寺（とうだいじ）は、奈良県奈良市雑司町にある華厳宗大本山の仏教寺院である。
English: The temple, also called 'Konkomyo shitenno gokoku no tera,' was erected by Emperor Shomu using all the nation's power in the Nara period (eighth century).
Japanese: 「金光明四天王護国之寺」（こんこうみょうしてんのうごこくのてら）ともいい、奈良時代（8世紀）に聖武天皇が国力を尽くして建立した寺である。
English: The principal image there is Birushana Buddha, known as 'the Todai-ji rushanabutsuzo,' and the Kaizan (the first Betto) was Roben Sojo.
Japanese: 「東大寺盧舎那仏像」として知られる毘盧遮那仏（るしゃなぶつ）を本尊とし、開山（初代別当）は良弁僧正（ろうべんそうじょう）である。
English: In the Nara period, there was a large Buddhist temple including the Great Buddha Hall (Kon-do Hall) at the center and two Nanajunoto (seven-story pagodas; estimated height 100m) on the east and the west sides, but most of the buildings were burned in two fires caused by wars after the Kamakura period.
Japanese: 奈良時代には中心堂宇の大仏殿（金堂）のほか、東西2つの七重塔（推定高さ約100メートル）を含む大伽藍が整備されたが、中世以降、2度の兵火で多くの建物を焼失した。
English: The existing Great Buddha's pedestal retains only one part from the original, and the current Great Buddha Hall was reconstructed in the Edo Period, early 18th century; it is just two-thirds the size of the original hall.
Japanese: 現存する大仏は、台座などの一部に当初の部分を残すのみであり、現存する大仏殿は江戸時代、18世紀初頭の再建で、創建当時の堂に比べ、間口が3分の2に縮小されている。
English: As the temple of 'Daibutsu-san' (Mr Big Buddha), the temple has attracted many religious people since ancient times up to the present day and this had a great effect on Japanese culture; it was placed as 'So-Kokubunji,' the head temple of the Kokubun-ji Temples that Emperor Shomu ordered to be built in 60 Provinces of Japan at that time.
Japanese: 「大仏さん」の寺として、古代から現代に至るまで広い信仰を集め、日本の文化に多大な影響を与えてきた寺院であり、聖武天皇が当時の日本の60余か国に建立させた国分寺の本山にあたる「総国分寺」と位置づけられた。
English: The predecessor of Todai-ji Temple dates back to slightly before construction of the Great Buddha, and by the first half of the eighth century the preceding temple had been built to the east of the Great Buddha Hall, at the foot of Mt. Wakakusa.
Japanese: 東大寺の起源は大仏造立よりやや古く、8世紀前半には大仏殿の東方、若草山麓に前身寺院が建てられていた。
English: According to the "Todai-ji Yoroku" (The Digest Record of Todai-ji Temple), Konshu-ji Temple (金鐘寺 or 金鍾寺) built at the foot of Mt. Wakakusa in 733 was the predecessor of the Todai-ji Temple.
Japanese: 東大寺の記録である『東大寺要録』によれば、天平5年（733年）、若草山麓に創建された金鐘寺（または金鍾寺（こんしゅじ））が東大寺の起源であるとされる。
English: On the other hand, according to the official history book "Shoku Nihongi" (Chronicle of Japan Continued), in 728, the 45th emperor, Emperor Shomu and Empress Komyo set up a 'San-so' (mountain retreat) at the foot of Mt. Wakakusa to pray to Buddha for the happiness of the prince who died young, and they made nine priests live there; this is said to be the predecessor of the Konshu-ji Temple.
Japanese: 一方、正史『続日本紀』によれば、神亀5年（728年）、第45代の天皇である聖武天皇と光明皇后が幼くして亡くなった皇子の菩提のため、若草山麓に「山房」を設け、9人の僧を住まわせたことが知られ、これが金鐘寺の前身と見られる。
English: From records it is known that by the mid eighth century, Kensaku-do Hall and the Senju-do Hall were already built in Kinshu-ji Temple, and the Kensaku-do Hall is believed to be the predecessor of the current Hokke-do Hall (= Sangatsu-do Hall; the principal image there is the Fukukenjaku Kannon [Amoghapasa] [manifestation of Amalokitesvara]).
Japanese: 金鐘寺には、8世紀半ばには羂索堂、千手堂が存在したことが記録から知られ、このうち羂索堂は現在の法華堂（＝三月堂、本尊は不空羂索観音）を指すと見られる。
English: In 741 an imperial edict for the establishment of the Kokubun-ji Temples was issued, and in 742 Konshu-ji Temple was included as a Kokubun-ji Temple; the name of the temple was changed to Kinkomyo-ji.
Japanese: 天平13年（741年）には国分寺建立の詔（みことのり）が発せられ、これを受けて翌天平14年（742年）、金鐘寺は大和国の国分寺と定められ、寺名は金光明寺と改められた。
English: The construction of the Great Buddha began around 747 and it is believed that the Jigo (temple name) of 'Todai-ji' also began to be used from that time.
Japanese: 大仏の鋳造が始まったのは天平19年（747年）で、この頃から「東大寺」の寺号が用いられるようになったと思われる。
English: "Zou Todai-ji Shi," the name of the office for the construction of the Todai-ji Temple, first appeared in historical records in 748.
Japanese: なお、東大寺建設のための役所である「造東大寺司」が史料に見えるのは天平20年（748年）が最初である。
English: Prior to this, in 743, Emperor Shomu issued an edict to construct the Great Buddha.
Japanese: 聖武天皇が大仏造立の詔（みことのり）を発したのはそれより前の天平15年（743年）である。
English: At that time, the capital was moved to Kuni-kyo (Kamo-cho, Soraku District, Kyoto Prefecture) but the Emperor was residing at Shigaraki no Miya Palace (current Shigaraki-cho, Koga City, Shiga Prefecture) and construction of the Great Buddha also began there.
Japanese: 当時、都は恭仁京（くにのみや京都府相楽郡加茂町(京都府)）に移されていたが、天皇は恭仁京の北東に位置する紫香楽宮（しがらきのみや現・滋賀県甲賀市信楽町）におり、大仏造立もここで始められた。
English: The Emperor Shomu repeatedly transferred the capital within a short period, but in 745 he moved it back to Heijo-kyo and decided to restart construction of the Great Buddha in the current location of Todai-ji Temple.
Japanese: 聖武天皇は短期間に遷都を繰り返したが、2年後の天平17年（745年）、都が平城京に戻るとともに大仏造立も現在の東大寺の地であらためて行われることになった。
English: To promote this huge project the Emperor needed wide support from the people, so he appointed Gyoki, who was oppressed by the Imperial Court, as the Daisojo (High Priest) and asked for his co-operation.
Japanese: この大事業を推進するには幅広い民衆の支持が必要であったため、朝廷から弾圧されていた行基を大僧正として迎え、協力を得た。
English: After a long and hard construction, the casting of the Great Buddha was completed and in 752 the Kaigan-e (ceremony of "kaigan," to enshrine a newly built Buddhist image and to put in a spirit to open eyes to Buddhism) was conducted with the priest from India Bodai Senna as the ceremony leader.
Japanese: 難工事の末、大仏の鋳造が終了し、天竺（インド）出身の僧・菩提僊那を導師として大仏開眼会（かいげんえ）が挙行されたのは天平勝宝4年（752年）のことであった。
English: After completion of the casting of the Great Buddha, the construction work for the Great Buddha Hall started; the hall construction was completed in 758.
Japanese: そして、大仏鋳造が終わってから大仏殿の建設工事が始められ、竣工したのは天平宝字2年（758年）のことであった。
English: At Todai-ji Temple, the four people Roben, Emperor Shomu, Gyoki and Bodai Senna are called 'Shisho' (The Holy Four).
Japanese: 東大寺では大仏創建に力のあった良弁、聖武天皇、行基、菩提僊那を「四聖（ししょう）」と呼んでいる。
English: The large construction projects like those of the Great Buddha and of the Great Buddha Hall showed that Emperor Shomu never thought about the large sums of money they would cost the country and how this would worsen the nation's financial affairs.
Japanese: 大仏造立・大仏殿建立のような大規模な建設工事は国費を浪費させ、日本の財政事情を悪化させるという、聖武天皇の思惑とは程遠い事実を突き付けた。
English: In reality, while the nobility and temples became wealthy, an increasing financial burden was placed on the peasantry; in Heijo-kyo (the ancient capital of Japan in current Nara), many became homeless and died from starvation and in some regions the Soyocho tax system almost collapsed, showing the wide inconsistency of the government under the Ritsuryo codes.
Japanese: 実際に、貴族や寺院が富み栄える一方、農民層の負担が激増し、平城京内では浮浪者や餓死者が後を絶たず、租庸調の税制も崩壊寸前になる地方も出るなど、律令政治の大きな矛盾点を浮き彫りにした。
English: When TACHIBANA no Naramaro was arrested on August 8, he said to FUJIWARA no Nagate "Many people are suffering because of the construction work such as Todai-ji Temple. I plotted a rebellion because the government is outrageous."
Japanese: 7月4日に逮捕された橘奈良麻呂は、藤原永手の聴取に対して「東大寺などを造営し人民が辛苦している。政治が無道だから反乱を企てた」と謀反を白状した。
English: Nagate replied "The construction of Todai-ji Temple started when your father (TACHIBANA no Moroe) was around so it is none of your business. You have no reason to grumble, it is nothing to do with you," and Naramaro was stuck for an answer.
Japanese: ここで、永手は、「そもそも東大寺の建立が始まったのは、そなたの父（橘諸兄）の時代である。その口でとやかく言われる筋合いは無いし、それ以前にそなたとは何の因果もないはずだ」と反論したため、奈良麻呂は返答に詰まったと言う。
English: However, the fact that Todai-ji Temple was even used as an excuse for a rebellion shows that construction of Todai-ji Temple was a large project aiming only to realize the Emperor's wish while totally neglecting other issues such as actual working conditions and financial affairs.
Japanese: しかしながら、反乱の口実にまで東大寺が利用された、ということは、東大寺建立自体が、天皇の理想を実現させる、ただそれだけのために実際の労働状況や財政事情等の問題点を度外視した途方もない、一大プロジェクトであったことをも白日の下にさらした。
English: In the temple of Todai-ji in the Nara Period, Nandai-mon Gate, Chumon Gate, Kon-do Hall (the Great Buddha Hall) and Kodo Hall were all in a line in a north to south direction, and on the north side of the Kodo Hall the priests' living quarters were layed out in a U-shape to the east, north and west; and on the left and right sides between the Nandai-mon Gate and Chumon Gate, there were two sets (east and west) of Nanajunoto (seven-story pagodas, approximately 100m tall) and corridors surrounding them.
Japanese: 奈良時代の東大寺の伽藍は、南大門、中門、金堂（大仏殿）、講堂が南北方向に一直線に並び、講堂の北側には東・北・西に「コ」の字形に並ぶ僧房（僧の居所）、僧房の東には食堂（じきどう）があり、南大門-中門間の左右には東西2基の七重塔（高さ約100メートルと推定される）が回廊に囲まれて建っていた。
English: It took almost 40 years from the beginning of construction in 745 to the completion of the whole temple.
Japanese: 天平17年（745年）の起工から、伽藍が一通り完成するまでには40年近い時間を要している。
English: In the Nara Period, the so-called 'Nanto Rokushu' (Six sects of Buddhism: Kegon, Hosso, Tutsu, Sanron, Jojitsu and Kusha) were more like 'school sects' rather than 'religious sects;' the concept of 'religious sects' was established after the medieval period.
Japanese: 奈良時代のいわゆる南都六宗（華厳宗、法相宗、律宗、三論宗、成実宗、倶舎宗）は「宗派」というよりは「学派」に近いもので、日本仏教で「宗派」という概念が確立したのは中世以後のことである。
English: As for Todai-ji Temple, since the Meiji Period, temples have been required to clarify their religious sects and Todai-ji Temple is in the Kegon sect; but in the Nara Period, Todai-ji was a 'Rokushu Kengaku no tera' (Temple of syncretic study of the six sects of Buddhist learning) and inside the Great Buddha Hall, there was a 'Rokushu-zushi' (a cupboard-like case with double doors) in which textbooks of all the sects were kept.
Japanese: 東大寺の場合、近代以降は所属宗派を明示する必要から華厳宗を名乗るが、奈良時代には「六宗兼学の寺」とされ、大仏殿内には各宗の経論を納めた「六宗厨子」があった。
English: In the Nara Period, Kukai opened the Shingon sect within the temple and in the Heian Period, together with the Tendai-shu sect brought by Saicho, Todai-ji became a 'Hasshu Kengaku no tera' (Temple of syncretic study of eight sects of Buddhist learning).
Japanese: 平安時代には空海によって寺内に真言院が開かれ、空海が伝えた真言宗、最澄が伝えた天台宗をも加えて「八宗兼学の寺」とされた。
English: In the Heian Period, Todai-ji was affected by the Emperor Kanmu's Nanto Buddhism Oppression Plan, and due to the plan the Office of Todai-ji Temple Construction was abolished, and there were incidents such as the Kodo Hall and Sanmen Sobo (priests and monks dormitories constructed to the north, east and west of the Kodo Hall) being burnt from an accidental fire, the Saito (Western Tower) being hit by lightening, and the Nandai-mon Gate and the Shoro (Bell Tower) being broken in a storm; but later on, from reverence, the Imperial family and nobility donated private estates including the Kuroda-no-sho and Todai-ji Temple developed them.
Japanese: また、平安時代に入ると、桓武天皇の南都仏教抑圧策により「造東大寺所」が廃止されるなどの圧迫を受け、また講堂と三面僧房が失火で、西塔が落雷で焼失したり、暴風雨で南大門、鐘楼が倒壊したりといった事件が起こるが、後に皇族・貴族の崇敬を受けて黒田庄に代表される多数の荘園を寄進されたり、開発した。
English: Todai-ji Temple became well-known inside and outside the region as an influential group in Nara; holding many warrior monks, Todai-ji Temple directly petitioned other temples such as Kofuku-ji.
Japanese: やがて、奈良の有力権門として内外に知られるようになり、多数の僧兵を抱え、興福寺などと度々強訴を行っている。
English: Todai-ji Temple, together with its neighbor Kofuku-ji Temple, suffered devastating damage from a fire caused by TAIRA no Shigehira (Nanto Yakiuchi [the Incident of Heishi's army setting fire to the temples in Nanto]) on January 15, 1181 and lost many buildings including the Great Buddha Hall.
Japanese: 東大寺は、近隣の興福寺とともに治承4年12月28日（1181年1月15日）の平重衡の兵火で壊滅的な打撃（南都焼討）を受け、大仏殿をはじめとする多くの堂塔を失った。
English: A 61-year old priest Chogen SHUNJOBO was appointed to the position of Daikanjin (priest to collect contributions) toward reconstruction of the Great Buddha and the Halls.
Japanese: この時、大勧進職に任命され、大仏や諸堂の再興に当たったのが当時61歳の僧・俊乗坊重源であった。
English: Due to Chogen's great efforts, the Kaigen-hoyo (ceremony of "kaigan," to enshrine a newly built Buddhist image and to put in a spirit to open eyes to Buddhism) was conducted in the presence of people such as Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa in 1185; in 1190, the reconstruction of the Great Buddha Hall was completed and the opening ceremony was conducted in the presence of MINAMOTO no Yoritomo and others.
Japanese: 重源の精力的な活動により、文治元年（1185年）には後白河法皇らの列席のもと、大仏開眼法要が行われ、建久元年（1190年）には、再建大仏殿が完成、源頼朝らの列席のもと、落慶法要が営まれた。
English: However, on November 10, 1567 of the Sengoku Period (the Warring States Period), there was a fire caused by the Battle of Miyoshi and Matsunaga, and the main buildings of Todai-ji Temple including the Great Buddha Hall were again burned (See "warrior clashes at the Great Buddha Hall of Todai-ji temple").
Japanese: その後、戦国時代の永禄10年10月10日（1567年11月10日）、三好・松永の戦いの兵火により、大仏殿を含む東大寺の主要堂塔はまたも焼失した（東大寺大仏殿の戦い参照）。
English: A temporary hall was built but collapsed due to strong winds in 1610, and the Great Buddha was left sitting in the open air.
Japanese: 仮堂が建てられたが慶長15年（1610年）の暴風で倒壊し大仏は露座のまま放置された。
English: The repair of the Great Buddha was completed in 1691; with the efforts of Kokei Shonin (1648 - 1705) and donations by Shogun Tsunayoshi TOKUGAWA, his mother Keishoin and others, reconstruction of the Great Buddha Hall was completed in 1709.
Japanese: その後の大仏の修理は元禄4年（1691年）に完成し、再建大仏殿は公慶上人（1648年-1705年）の尽力や、将軍徳川綱吉や母の桂昌院をはじめ多くの人々による寄進が行われた結果、宝永6年（1709年）に完成した。
English: The third Great Buddha Hall (the current one) has the same height and depth as the original, but the width is 30% smaller, reduced from 20m to 12.7m.
Japanese: この3代目の大仏殿（現存）は、高さと奥行きは天平時代とほぼ同じだが、間口は天平創建時の11間からおよそ3分の2の7間に縮小されている。
English: The Kodo Hall, Dining Hall and the east and west Nanajunoto (seven-story pagodas) were not reconstructed after early-modern times and now only foundation stones are left at the places where they used to be.
Japanese: また、講堂、食堂、東西の七重塔など近世以降はついに再建されることはなく、今は各建物跡に礎石のみが残されている。
English: The temple was listed as a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site and as a part of the cultural property of Ancient Nara in 1998.
Japanese: 東大寺は1998年に古都奈良の文化財の一部として、国際連合教育科学文化機関より世界遺産に登録されている。
English: On New Year's Day every year, the Chumon Gate (Important Cultural Heritage) is open to the public between midnight and 8am, and people can enter the Kon-do Hall (the Great Buddha Hall: National Treasure) with admission free (normally 500 Japanese yen for an adult and 300 yen for a child).
Japanese: 毎年1月1日の0時から8時までの間、中門（重要文化財）が開かれ、金堂（大仏殿・国宝）内に無料で入堂できる（通常入堂料：大人500円・小人300円）。
English: The current gate was reconstructed in the Kamakura Period in 1199 after being broken by a typhoon in September 962 in the Heian Period.
Japanese: 平安時代の応和2年（962年）8月に台風で倒壊後、鎌倉時代の正治元年（1199年）に復興されたもの。
English: It is famous because it used architecture of the Daibutsu-yo style (Buddhist architecture style also called 'Tenjiku-yo' [Indian style]), that the restorer of Todai-ji Temple Chogen SHUNJOBO is believed to have brought from Sung Dynasty China.
Japanese: 東大寺中興の祖である俊乗坊重源が中国・宋(王朝)から伝えた建築様式といわれる大仏様（だいぶつよう、天竺様・てんじくようともいう）を採用した建築として著名である。
English: The characteristics of the Daubitsu-yo style are, for example, the use of many horizontal braces through vertical posts called Nuki to make the structure solid, and showing of construction material as decoration without covering with a ceiling, etc.
Japanese: 大仏様の特色は、貫(建築)と呼ばれる、柱を貫通する水平材を多用して構造を堅固にしていること、天井を張らずに構造材をそのまま見せて装飾としていることなどが挙げられる。
English: Inside the Gate, there are a pair of statues of Kongo Rikishi (Nio, Guardians of the Temple) and a pair of stone lions (Important Cultural Property).
Japanese: 門内左右には金剛力士（仁王）像と石造獅子1対（重要文化財）を安置する。
English: Ungyo is placed on right of the gate with his mouth closed, and Agyo is placed on the left with his mouth open.
Japanese: 門の向かって右に吽形（うんぎょう、口を閉じた像）、左に阿形（あぎょう、口を開いた像）を安置する。
English: Between 1988 and 1993 the statues were taken apart and repaired for the first time after their construction, and many goods and ink writings were found stored inside.
Japanese: 1988年から1993年にかけて造像以来初めての解体修理が実施され、像内からは多数の納入品や墨書が発見された。
English: According to the writings, the Agyo statue was made by master sculptors Unkei and Kaikei with 13 disciples and the Ungyo statue was made by master sculptors Jokaku and Tankei with 12 disciples.
Japanese: それによると阿形像は大仏師運慶および快慶が小仏師13人を率いて造り、吽形像は大仏師定覚および湛慶が小仏師12人とともに造ったものである。
English: This is different from the traditional theory stating 'The Agyo statue had Kaikei and the Ungyo statue had Unkei as the main sculptor' but nonetheless, it would not be wrong to say that Unkei was the executive manager of the whole project.
Japanese: これは、「阿形像は快慶、吽形像は運慶が中心になって造った」とする従来の通説とは若干異なっているが、いずれにしても、運慶が制作現場全体の総指揮に当たっていたとみて大過ないであろう。
English: For more about the Kon-do Hall and the principal image of Birushana Buddha, refer to The Statue of Birushana Buddha in Todai-ji Temple.
Japanese: 金堂および本尊盧舎那仏（大仏）については別項「東大寺盧舎那仏像」を参照。
English: They were made by the two families of sculptors of Buddhist statues led by Junkei YAMAMOTO of Kyoto and Kenkei TSUBAI of Osaka and it took them more than 30 years; they are representative Buddhist sculptures of the Edo Period.
Japanese: 京都の仏師山本順慶一門と、大坂の仏師椿井賢慶一門らにより、30数年をかけて制作されたもので、江戸時代の代表的な仏教彫刻である。
English: The sedentary statue of Cintamani-cakra was completed in around 1738 and the sedentary statue of Akasagarbha Bodhisattva was completed later in 1752.
Japanese: 如意輪観音像は元文3年（1738年）頃の完成、虚空蔵菩薩像は遅れて宝暦2年（1752年）の完成。
English: The principal image, sitting statue of Shunjo Shonin (National Treasure) is thought to have been made directly after the Shonin died at the age of 86 and is a masterpiece of image sculpture of the Kamakura Period.
Japanese: 本尊の俊乗上人坐像（国宝）は、上人が86歳で没した直後の制作と思われ、鎌倉時代肖像彫刻の傑作である。
English: This is a hall enshrining the statue of Gyoki, who was a famous priest of Nara Prefecture and contributed greatly in the construction of Todai-ji Temple.
Japanese: 奈良時代の著名な僧で、東大寺の創建にも貢献した行基の肖像を安置する。
English: The Bonsho (the bell) (National Treasure) hanging there was made in 752, the same year as the eye-opening of the Great Buddha, and is the largest Bonsho of the premedieval eras (height 385cm, diameter of the mouth 271cm).
Japanese: 吊られている梵鐘（国宝）は大仏開眼と同年の天平勝宝4年（752年）の制作で、中世以前の梵鐘としては最大のもの（高385センチ、口径271センチ）。
English: In December 2002, there was an incident in which a subcontractor of the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) drove a nail into it.
Japanese: 2002年12月、日本放送協会の下請け業者に釘を打ち込まれる事件に遭った。
English: It is one of the few pieces of architecture remaining from the Nara Period and is known as the treasure house of the Tenpyo Buddhas.
Japanese: 東大寺に残る数少ない奈良時代建築の1つであり、天平仏の宝庫として知られる。
English: It was built as the Kensaku-do Hall of Konshu-ji Temple, the predecessor temple of Todai-ji Temple; according to records, it was completed by 743.
Japanese: 東大寺の前身寺院である金鐘寺（こんしゅじ）の羂索堂（けんさくどう）として建てられたもので、記録により天平15年（743年）までには完成していたと思われる。
English: Two-thirds of the north side of the building (on the observers' right from the approach), where the Buddhist statues are placed, is architecture of the Tenpyo era (from the end of the seventh to the mid eighth centuries) and the Rai-do (worship) Hall, the south part of the building, was reconstructed around 1199 by removing the decrepit original Tenpyo architecture.
Japanese: 建物の北側約3分の2（参道側から見て向かって左側）の、仏像が安置されている部分が天平時代の建築で、南側の礼堂（らいどう）部分は鎌倉時代の正治元年（1199年）頃に老朽化した天平建築を取り壊し再建したものである。
English: There are many statues enshrined inside the hall; among those, nine of the dry-lacquer statues (papier-mâché statues made of hemp cloth and lacquer) including the principal image, the standing statue of Amoghapasa (manifestation of Amalokitesvara), and five earthen images (clay statues) including the Shukongoshin-zo statue, were created in the Nara Period.
Japanese: 堂内には多数の仏像を安置し、うち本尊の不空羂索観音立像をはじめ9体の乾漆像（麻布を漆で貼り固めた張り子状の像）と、執金剛神像を含む5体の塑像（粘土製の像）が奈良時代のものである。