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■東大寺の直売店と活版工房丹の店舗での限定販売です。

東大寺の金堂である。奈良時代に創建されてから治承と永禄の二度の兵火に遭い、現在の建物は江戸時代に公慶（こうけい）上人によって再建された。ただ天平・鎌倉の大仏殿は桁行11間（約88m）であったが、財政困難の理由で7間に規模が縮小された。それでも高さや奥行は創建時のままで、世界最大級の木造建造物である。
東西　57.012m
南北　50.480m
高さ　48.742m

The Great Buddha Hall is the Main Hall (kondō) of Tōdai-ji. Built first in the Nara period it has been destroyed twice by fire in 1180 and again in 1567. The present structure, dating to the Edo period, was built under the direction of the monk Kōkei. The original hall and the one rebuilt in 1195, were both eleven bays wide; the present structure, however, was reduced in size to seven bays because only limited funds were available. Nevertheless, the height and depth of the structure remain the same as those of the original. The Great Buddha Hall is the largest wooden structure in the world.
[Dimensions] Width 57.012m, Length 50.480m, Height 48.742m