The Nandaimon, or 'Great South Gate' of the Todai temple
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The Nandaimon, or 'Great South Gate' of the Todai temple

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The Nandaimon, or 'Great South Gate' of the Todai temple, Typically Tang Chinese in conception, although the proportions reflect the three-bay square plan of the later Song dynasty which was adapted in an asymmetrical form by Japanese Zen sects. Japan. Japanese. 745-752 AD. Nara.

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Werner Forman Archive/

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