Comments on: Day Two in Nara: Kofukuji Temple http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2010/04/23/day-two-in-nara-kofukuji-temple/ My life as a father, Buddhist and Japanophile. Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:44:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Doug M http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2010/04/23/day-two-in-nara-kofukuji-temple/#comment-5159 Doug M Wed, 05 Jan 2011 02:47:38 +0000 http://japanlifeandreligion.com/?p=7530#comment-5159 Hi B-Fly and welcome to the JLR! I did pass on what you said and she smiled and laughed. :-) Hi B-Fly and welcome to the JLR! I did pass on what you said and she smiled and laughed. :-)

]]> By: b-fly http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2010/04/23/day-two-in-nara-kofukuji-temple/#comment-5153 b-fly Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:38:16 +0000 http://japanlifeandreligion.com/?p=7530#comment-5153 Hi! I visited Nara today and on my way to writing my own blog I found this nice report. I enjoyed Nara a lot, it's really a nice city. Please, give my regards to your wife and tell her that I too found that being in the place where Domoto Tsuyoshi was born is definitely a cool thing. XD Hi!

I visited Nara today and on my way to writing my own blog I found this nice report. I enjoyed Nara a lot, it’s really a nice city. Please, give my regards to your wife and tell her that I too found that being in the place where Domoto Tsuyoshi was born is definitely a cool thing. XD

]]> By: Doug M http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2010/04/23/day-two-in-nara-kofukuji-temple/#comment-4970 Doug M Tue, 07 Dec 2010 07:15:26 +0000 http://japanlifeandreligion.com/?p=7530#comment-4970 Hi Mita and welcome to the JLR! You're right, I went back and read the pamphlet I brought back and it says in part: "（７２６）に聖武天皇が元正天皇に病気回復を願って。。。" I'll fix that right away. Good catch! Hi Mita and welcome to the JLR! You’re right, I went back and read the pamphlet I brought back and it says in part:

“（７２６）に聖武天皇が元正天皇に病気回復を願って。。。”

I’ll fix that right away. Good catch!

]]> By: mita http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2010/04/23/day-two-in-nara-kofukuji-temple/#comment-4964 mita Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:34:07 +0000 http://japanlifeandreligion.com/?p=7530#comment-4964 Hi there Doug, came to stumble upon your blog while having to write a report for a recent school trip to Nara. Anyway, about the Eastern Golden Hall and the Five-Story Pagoda here, I checked on wikipedia and other Japanese sites as well as read this entry on your blog post and I found that on most sites it is written that the Eastern Golden Hall was actually built to help the recovery of Emperor Shomu's aunt, instead of his Empress...while the Five-Story Pagoda was only written as "built in favor of Empress Kyomo". Just in case I got it wrong, please let me know :D I just noticed the small smiley face at the bottom of the page, so cute! Hi there Doug,

came to stumble upon your blog while having to write a report for a recent school trip to Nara. Anyway, about the Eastern Golden Hall and the Five-Story Pagoda here, I checked on wikipedia and other Japanese sites as well as read this entry on your blog post and I found that on most sites it is written that the Eastern Golden Hall was actually built to help the recovery of Emperor Shomu’s aunt, instead of his Empress…while the Five-Story Pagoda was only written as “built in favor of Empress Kyomo”. Just in case I got it wrong, please let me know :D
I just noticed the small smiley face at the bottom of the page, so cute!

]]> By: Doug http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2010/04/23/day-two-in-nara-kofukuji-temple/#comment-4038 Doug Sat, 24 Apr 2010 01:51:38 +0000 http://japanlifeandreligion.com/?p=7530#comment-4038 Hi Rory, Glad to help. :-) I learned a lot too, plus the atmosphere was just cool. I think Hosso Buddhism, like all early Nara Buddhism is pretty eclectic so each building had different images: Medicine Buddha in one, Kannon in another. Pretty different than the one-practice, one teaching schools of the Kamakura period. Hi Rory,

Glad to help. :-) I learned a lot too, plus the atmosphere was just cool.

I think Hosso Buddhism, like all early Nara Buddhism is pretty eclectic so each building had different images: Medicine Buddha in one, Kannon in another. Pretty different than the one-practice, one teaching schools of the Kamakura period.

]]> By: rory http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2010/04/23/day-two-in-nara-kofukuji-temple/#comment-4037 rory Sat, 24 Apr 2010 01:16:33 +0000 http://japanlifeandreligion.com/?p=7530#comment-4037 Doug; wow, thanks this is really amazing. All the links the picture galleries, statuary where to begin? it's just so much. I'll ask something easy, I had no idea that Kannon was the central image at Kofukuji, it looks like Senju [thousand armed] Kannon to me, a very beautiful and powerful statue. I need to take out my dictionary to try and see if I can make out some Kanji. a thousand thanks Doug! rory Doug;
wow, thanks this is really amazing. All the links the picture galleries, statuary where to begin? it’s just so much. I’ll ask something easy,
I had no idea that Kannon was the central image at Kofukuji, it looks like Senju [thousand armed] Kannon to me, a very beautiful and powerful statue. I need to take out my dictionary to try and see if I can make out some Kanji.
a thousand thanks Doug!
rory

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