https://worldarchitecture.artinterp2.org/files/original/753a91fb978f385752a9dcaf9cdb15d3.jpg 8ca4da6ad1bb0527067d47f19cbd5100 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Second Month Hall Todai-ji Nigatsu-do 東大寺 二月堂 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Waldemar Barrios Language A language of the resource Nara, Japan Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Original: 752 Current Rebuild: 1669 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Original: Monk Jitchū Patron of Reconstruction: Tokugawa Shogunate Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. Original: Nara Period Current: Edo Period Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. 34.689191860699836, 135.84429815818086 Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Timber (Cypress/Hinoki) Ceramic Tile Stone Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Kakezukuri (Stage Building) Description An account of the resource A staged platform building built upon a hill overlooking the entire Todai-ji complex. The building serves as a temple to celebrate the second lunar month. Despite the original having been burnt down multiple times, it kept getting rebuilt. It's current iteration is a refined version of the Kakezukuri style of platform/stage building forms that were developed to build on hill sides. A costly and demanding building style that requires great expertise. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Image 1:Nigatsu-dō at Todaiji 1.jpg (<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nigatsu-d%C5%8D_at_Todaiji_1.jpg">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nigatsu-d%C5%8D_at_Todaiji_1.jpg</a>) License A legal document giving official permission to do something with the resource. Image 1: Creative Commons