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Tōdai-ji (東大寺, lit. 'Eastern Great Temple') is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan, formerly part of the province of Yamato.

History[edit | edit source]

Upon arriving in Japan, the Chinese monk Jianzhen established an ordination platform at the temple to bestow the Bodhisattva Precepts onto the Japanese royal family. In his opinion, the Japanese monks until that point were not following an orthodox school of Buddhism, which in his eyes was Risshū.^[1]

In 1582, the Kakushiba ikki members Fujibayashi Naoe and Yasuke visited the temple upon the request of the abbot Hara Joken. While passing through an entrance, they found and met Joken near its eastern hall. Escorting them around the temple, Joken explained how Oda Nobunaga's war had come upon the monks and how they had fought the Matsunaga clan.^[2]

Joken soon excused himself as he went to attend to his other duties while Naoe and Yasuke sneaked around the temple per Kojiro's insistence. West of the temple, they came across Joken's collection of oddities before being found by the abbot himself. Joken explained how he had fought for Nobunaga and kept relics of his past while recalling how Nobunaga had broken his promise of giving Yamato to the monks.^[2]

Suddenly, the temple came under attack by Akiyama soldiers. Naoe and Yasuke swiftly defeated them, only to later realize that they had stolen a holy script meant for the peace talks between Tsutsui Junkei and Akiyama Ayako. Joken blamed himself for allowing the theft to happen and was willing to commit seppuku to atone for his mistake, but Naoe and Yasuke offered to recover the scroll for him. Thanking them, Joken left to meet with Junkei at Koriyama Castle and tell him about the incident.^[2]

At some point afterwards, Naoe and Yasuke returned to the temple and recovered four lost pages scattered around Tōdai-ji's buildings. While there, Naoe climbed to the top of the southeastern pagoda and surveyed the land. She and Yasuke also financed the establishment of a kakurega west of the temple.^[3]

Gallery[edit | edit source]

Concept art of Tōdai-ji
Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
Concept art of Yasuke at Tōdai-ji
Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
Concept art of Yasuke at Tōdai-ji
Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
Concept art of Yasuke at Tōdai-ji
Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji

Appearances[edit | edit source]

Assassin's Creed: Dynasty (first mentioned)
Assassin's Creed: Shadows (first appearance)

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Assassin's Creed: Dynasty – Abe no Nakamaro's letters to Li Bai: Letter 3, page 2
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Temple Stories
↑ Assassin's Creed: Shadows

Assassin's Creed: Shadows

Characters

Assassins	Dan • Fujibayashi Naoe • Fujibayashi Tsuyu • Heiji • Ibuki • Junjiro • Kane • Kinu • Monta • Oni-yuri • Rokkaku Katsuhime • Rufino • Sen no Rikyū • Shido • Shinobu • Tomiko • Nagoya Yagoro • Yagyū Munetoshi • Yasuke • Yaya \| Alvaro Catarribera • Fubuki • Fujibayashi Nagato • Hattori Hanzō • Hibiki • Kaede • Kishi • Momochi Sandayu • Sanjo • Sumire • Tsubasa • Tamakichi • Yu-no-shin

Templars	Nuno Caro • Hosokawa Tama • Kimura Kei • Duarte de Melo • Alessandro Valignano • Ermigo • Gaspar • Kimura Yukari • Imagawa Tomeji • Nowaki • Yasuhira \| Suma

Shinbakufu	Akechi Kagemitsu • Akechi Mitsuhide • Ashikaga Yoshiaki • Bessho Harumasa • Hara Joken • Ido Yoshihiro • Ise Sadaoki • Oichi • Takeda Motoaki • Ukita Naoie • Wada Koretake • Yaita Wakasa

Sanzuko Ippa	Kimura Yukari (Imagawa Tomeji (Amano Buza • Fukushima Mosaku • Hachisuka Norimasa • Hasegawa Magobei • Honda Mosuke • Ikoma Matagoro • Kagae Koheiji • Kaiwara Heitaro • Kuki Shinpachi • Ogasawara Masakichi • Shimazu Masujiro • Suganuma Heihachi • Tozawa Yataro • Watanabe Kinji) • Nowaki (Ando Masamune • Chiba Hachibei • Goto Ginpachi • Ishida Shota • Inoue Yonekichi • Nitta Koheiji • Suganuma Tenma) • Yasuhira (Kobayakawa Heitaro • Ryuzoji Den • So Sachihiko • Yamane Ichi • Yamanouchi Tobei))

Minor targets	The Betrayers (Fujichika Nakayama • Endo Tomoyasu • Itakura Shigezo • Masatoshi Nakahara • Sato Genta • Sato Katsubei • Usami Yoshiko) • The Butterfly Collectors (Gamemaker • Kacho • Mucho • Richo • Shucho) • The Corrupt Daikan (Endo Riku • Gamo Morinari • Ise Asuka • Isshiki Mansaku • Izumi Bunzo • Okudaira Toshizo) • Genzaburo's Soldiers (Akane • Genzaburo • Shishimaru • Shin-no-suke • Yasokichi) • The Godai Shinobi (Kaji • Akira • Azai Jukei • Kazumi • Rokkaku Yoshimitsu) • The Hunters of Kyonyo (Inumaru • Kamakichi • Shishi-o • Toro • Tsuchi-Gumo) • The Iron Hand Guild (Ginroku • Kanta • Kin-no-suke • Tamao • The Iron Hand) • The Kabukimono (Big Sueki • Chief Cuckoo • Corrupt Blade • Ember • Ghost General • Grave Dancer • Laughing Man • Peacock) • Kurai Eikyou (The Akiyama Agent • The Blacksmith Agent • The Katsuragi Agent • The Tsutsui Agent • The Messenger) • Nobutsuna's Students (Asari Nobutane • Hozoin In'ei • Marume Nagayoshi • Nagano Saemon • Sanada Masatoyo • Yagyū Munetoshi • Yuki no Kata) • The Pirate Alliance (Kage • Little Kappa • Lopo Cruz • Oni-yuri • Sen) • The Seta River Killers (Gaspar • Ermigo • Trader • Exterminator • Builder • Contractor • Collector • Stalker • Tormentor) • The Silver Smugglers (Enju • Fernam Moreno • Takeru • Mai • Nycollaao de Castel Branco • Shinji • Yoshisada) • The Twisted Tree (Takahashi Goro • Takahashi Ichi-Hime • Takahashi Inoshichi • Takahashi Jiro • Takahashi Saburo • Takahashi Shiro • Takahashi Taro) • The Winter Raiders (Akumu • Hayate • Sobei • Jinbei • Yasha) • The Yamabushi Imposters (The Clifftop Yamabushi • The Forest Yamabushi • The Mountain Yamabushi • The Pathway Yamabushi • The Pond Yamabushi • The River Yamabushi • The Shadow Yamabushi • The Valley Yamabushi • The Village Yamabushi) • The Yokai (Ao Andon • Daitengu • Kappa (Kappa Taku • Kappa Rei) • Makuwauri no Bakemono • Oshiroi Babā • Suika no Bakemono • Taka Nyudo • Yuki-onna)

Mythic Beings	Ao Andon • Oni

Others	Animus EGO user • The Eagle • Ego • The Guide \| Akechi Mitsuyoshi • Aoi • Aoki Ujimasa • Asajiro • Bessho Nagaharu • Luís Fróis • Fujita Juro • Furuta Tanji • Fuyu • Gamo Yoshimitsu • Gennojo • Genpaku • Hatakeyama Yoshimasa • Hori Hidemasa • Hosokawa Fujitaka • Imai Sōkun • Imai Sōkyū • Ise Sadatame • Ishikawa Goemon • Kanō Eitoku • Kamiizumi Nobutsuna • Kennyo • Konishi Yukinaga • Konatsu • Kumabe Ujiie • Kuroda Yoshitaka • Kyonyo • Mamushi • Matsu • Mayu • Meiran • Mitsumune • Mori Ranmaru • Murakami Norimasa • Nakamura Tadashige • Nene • Niwa Nagahide • Norimune • Oda Nobukatsu • Oda Nobunaga • Ōta Gyūichi • Otama • Rin • Samemaru • Satoko • Shibata Katsuie • Shindo Hiroshii • Shin'nyo • Shōtei • Sorin • Suzu • Tetsuo • Tokubei • Tokugawa Ieyasu • Tatsugoro • Tominaga • Tomita Nobutaka • Toyotomi Hideyoshi • Ukita Hideie • Ujimasa • Yakichi • Yamamoto Masakatsu

Factions

Assassins (Kakushiba ikki) • Templars (Abstergo Industries (Sentinels) | Japanese Rite (Sanzoku Ippa) • Portuguese Rite • Roman Rite) • Shinbakufu • Japanese clans (Akiyama • Akechi • Bessho • Fukui • Niwa • Oda • Rokkaku • Sengoku • Takahashi • Takeda • Tokugawa • Toyotomi • Tsutsui • Ukita) • Japanese confederations (Iga ikki • Ikkō-ikki • Koga ikki) • Japanese subcultures (Ashigaru • Kabukimono • Rōnin • Samurai • Shinobi • Sōhei • Yamabushi) • Minor factions (The Butterfly Collectors • Godai Shinobi • Iron Hand Guild • Kurai Eikyou • Pirate Alliance • Seta River Killers • Winter Raiders) • Jesuits • Portuguese Empire

Locations

Japan (Awaji (Sumoto • Yura) • Harima (Aga • Himeji • Miki • Takasago) • Iga (Hijiyama • Ichinomiya (Aekuni Shrine Town) • Mibuno Vale) • Kii (Mount Kōya • Negoro-ji • Saika • Shingū) • Ōmi (Azuchi (Azuchi Castle) • Hachiman • Lake Biwa (Chikubushima) • Nagahama • Ōmizo • Ōtsu • Sakamoto • Shiotsu) • Izumi Settsu (Amagasaki • Katano • Osaka • Sakai • Takatsuki • Tomiko's Homestead) • Tamba (Fukuchiyama • Kameyama • Miyazu • Tada • Takeda • Yakami) • Wakasa (Obama • Tsuruga) • Yamashiro (Kyoto (Honnō-ji) • Shōryūji • Ujitawara • Yamazaki) • Yamato (Asuka • Katsuragi • Kōriyama • Nara Heartland (Tōdai-ji) • Takatori • Uda Matsuyama • Yoshino))

Events

Sengoku period (Tenshō Iga War • Assault on Amagasaki Castle • Honnō-ji incident • Assault on Miki Castle • Battle of Yamazaki • Assault on Iwaya Castle)

Terms and concepts

Animus (Anomalies • Database • Genetic memory • Hub • Memories • Rifts) • Crafting • Kakurega • Oni • Activities (Hidden Trails • Horse Archery • Kata • Kofun • Kuji-kiri) • Collectibles (Kamon • Tea sets • Sumi-e • Kano Paintings) • Imperial Regalia • Skills (Assassination • Eagle Vision • Freerunning • Eavesdropping • Leap of Faith) • Wardrobe (Naoe • Yasuke)

Weapons and tools

Blunt weapons (Kanabō) • Bow • Firearms (Teppō) • Grappling hook • Hidden Blade • Kusarigama • Polearms (Naginata • Yari) • Shinobi Tools (Kunai • Bells • Makibishi • Nightingale floor • Shuriken • Smoke bombs • Tezutsu) • Short blades (Tantō) • Staff (Bō) • Swords (Katana)

DLC

Thrown to the Dogs • Story Drops • Featured Events • Claws of Awaji

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-The '''Tōdai-ji''' (English: ''Eastern Great Temple'') is a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] temple in [[Nara]], [[Japan]].
+[[File:ACSH Todaiji 1.png|thumb|250px|Tōdai-ji]]
+'''Tōdai-ji''' (東大寺, lit. 'Eastern Great Temple') is a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[temple]] in [[Nara]], [[Japan]], formerly part of the province of [[Yamato]].
 ==History==
-Upon arriving at Japan, [[China|Chinese]] monk [[Jianzhen]] established an ordination platform at the temple, in order to both give the Bodhisattva Precepts to the Japanese royal family and to help the monks of Japan modernize.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Abe no Nakamaro's letters to Li Bai]]: Letter 3, page 2</ref>
+Upon arriving in Japan, the [[China|Chinese]] monk [[Jianzhen]] established an ordination platform at the temple to bestow the {{Wiki|Bodhisattva Precepts}} onto the Japanese royal family. In his opinion, the Japanese monks until that point were not following an orthodox school of Buddhism, which in his eyes was {{Wiki|Risshū (Buddhism)|Risshū}}.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Abe no Nakamaro's letters to Li Bai]]: Letter 3, page 2</ref>
+In 1582, the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Kakushiba ''ikki'']] members [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] and [[Yasuke]] visited the temple upon the request of the abbot [[Hara Joken]]. While passing through an entrance, they found and met Joken near its eastern hall. Escorting them around the temple, Joken explained how [[Oda Nobunaga]]'s war had come upon the monks and how they had fought the Matsunaga clan.<ref name="Temple Stories">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Temple Stories]]</ref>
+Joken soon excused himself as he went to attend to his other duties while Naoe and Yasuke sneaked around the temple per [[Matsunaga Kojiro|Kojiro]]'s insistence. West of the temple, they came across Joken's collection of oddities before being found by the abbot himself. Joken explained how he had fought for Nobunaga and kept relics of his past while recalling how Nobunaga had broken his promise of giving Yamato to the monks.<ref name="Temple Stories"/>
+Suddenly, the temple came under attack by [[Akiyama clan|Akiyama]] soldiers. Naoe and Yasuke swiftly defeated them, only to later realize that they had stolen a holy script meant for the peace talks between [[Tsutsui Junkei]] and [[Akiyama Ayako]]. Joken blamed himself for allowing the theft to happen and was willing to commit ''[[seppuku]]'' to atone for his mistake, but Naoe and Yasuke offered to recover the scroll for him. Thanking them, Joken left to meet with Junkei at [[Koriyama Castle]] and tell him about the incident.<ref name="Temple Stories"/>
+At some point afterwards, Naoe and Yasuke returned to the temple and recovered four lost pages scattered around Tōdai-ji's buildings. While there, Naoe climbed to the top of the southeastern pagoda and [[Viewpoint|surveyed]] the land. She and Yasuke also financed the establishment of a ''[[Kakurega|kakurega]]'' west of the temple.<ref name="ACSH">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''</ref>
+==Gallery==
+<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180">
+ACSH Todaiji 2.jpg|Concept art of Tōdai-ji
+ACSH Todaiji 3.jpg|Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
+ACSH Todaiji 4.jpg|Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
+ACSH Todaiji 5.jpg|Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
+ACSH Todaiji 6.jpg|Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
+ACSH Todaiji 7.jpg|Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
+ACSH Todaiji 8.jpg|Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
+ACSH Todaiji 9.jpg|Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
+ACSH Todaiji 10.jpg|Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
+ACSH Todaiji 11.jpg|Concept art of Yasuke at Tōdai-ji
+ACSH Todaiji 12.jpg|Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
+ACSH Todaiji 13.jpg|Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
+ACSH Todaiji 14.jpg|Concept art of Yasuke at Tōdai-ji
+ACSH Todaiji 15.jpg|Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
+ACSH Todaiji 16.jpg|Concept art of Yasuke at Tōdai-ji
+ACSH Todaiji 17.jpg|Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
+ACSH Todaiji 18.jpg|Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
+ACSH Todaiji 19.jpg|Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
+ACSH Todaiji 20.jpg|Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
+ACSH Todaiji 21.jpg|Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
+ACSH Todaiji 22.jpg|Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
+ACSH Todaiji 23.jpg|Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
+ACSH Todaiji 24.jpg|Concept art of Naoe at Tōdai-ji
+</gallery>
 ==Appearances==
-*''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' {{Mo}}
+*''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' {{1stm}}
+*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' {{1st}}
 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
+{{ACSH}}
+[[Category:Buddhist temples]]
 [[Category:Landmarks in Nara]]
+[[Category:Viewpoints]]
+[[Category:Shinbakufu locations]]

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