Comments on: Remembering Todaiji and Nara http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2009/01/27/remembering-todaiji-and-nara/ My life as a father, Buddhist and Japanophile / Koreaphile. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:48:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Doug http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2009/01/27/remembering-todaiji-and-nara/#comment-1510 Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:22:53 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=2685#comment-1510 Matthew: I never did feed the deer. They looked scary to me for some reason. I really thought one would ram me from behind or something, but maybe they just wanted me to feed them. :P

]]> By: Matthew 真秀 http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2009/01/27/remembering-todaiji-and-nara/#comment-1506 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:17:39 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=2685#comment-1506 Hey,

You are right. Todaiji’s buildings are absolutely enormous. Its even hard to believe how big they are when you are standing right in front of them. I really enjoyed Nara and the museum. I couldn’t stay because we ran off to Yagyu Zato. I didn’t have a chance to see the Kōmokuten or Bodhisattva but the deer and I became good friends. much bowing and feeding, bowing and feeding.

Thanks for the great photos.

The Agyo and Ungyo were awesome. Of what I was able to see, they were my favorite too.

Matthew

]]> By: Tornadoes28 http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2009/01/27/remembering-todaiji-and-nara/#comment-1502 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:27:55 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=2685#comment-1502 I have not been to Nara or Kyoto yet but I also think I would appreciate Nara a little more due to the more quiet atmosphere and even older history.

]]> By: Doug http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2009/01/27/remembering-todaiji-and-nara/#comment-1500 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:12:00 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=2685#comment-1500 Ah yes, I forgot about those. I don’t have that among the photos I took of Todaiji, but I do have similar photos from other sites. I am glad you brought that up, actually! That’s a good topic for this here blog. ;)

For reference (to myself…), according to this very helpful website, they are Agyō 阿形 (mouth open, left) and Ungyō 吽形 (mouth closed, right) and are the two Guardian Kings, or niō (仁王).

]]> By: Kyoshin http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2009/01/27/remembering-todaiji-and-nara/#comment-1499 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:19:49 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=2685#comment-1499 I didn’t much like Todaiji as it seems kind of pompous but I did like the Nio by the gates which are much more dynamic than anything in the temple itself:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nio_guardians_by_Unkei_in_Nara.jpg

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