Jiànzhēn dōngdù Rìběn yǐhòu, zài Nàiliáng jiàn le Tángzhāotí Sì.
After Jianzhen crossed the sea to Japan, he built Toshodai-ji in Nara.
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memory
招提 renders a Sanskrit word for a monastery open to monks from the four quarters, and 唐 marks it as the temple of the Tang monk. In Japanese the name is read Tōshōdai-ji.
culture
唐招提寺 still keeps a dry-lacquer seated statue of 鉴真, made around the time of his death in 763, and its Golden Hall is one of the few halls of the Nara period still standing.
