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Illustration

by James Blake Wiener
published on 20 April 2017

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Buddha, Todaiji Temple — The huge bronze Buddha in the Daibutsuden or Great Buddha Hall at the Todaiji temple complex, Nara, Japan. c. 752 CE, Nara Period. Height: 15 metres (49 ft.).

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James Blake Wiener

James is a writer and former Professor of History. He holds an MA in World History with a particular interest in cross-cultural exchange and world history. He is a co-founder of Ancient History Encyclopedia and formerly was its Communications Director.

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Original image by James Blake Wiener. Uploaded by James Blake Wiener, published on 20 April 2017 under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

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Wiener, J. B. (2017, April 20). Buddha, Todaiji Temple. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/6532/

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Wiener, James B. "Buddha, Todaiji Temple." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified April 20, 2017. https://www.ancient.eu/image/6532/.

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Wiener, James B. "Buddha, Todaiji Temple." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 20 Apr 2017. Web. 01 Apr 2020.

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