Abstract
The Nandaimon is a great south gate of Todaiji reconstructed under the direction of .the monk Shunjobo Chogen (1121-1206), who devoted the last 25 years, of his. life to the project. The wooden architecture known as the so-called Daibutsu style is characterized by deep, overhanging eaves supported by tiers of bracket arms with increasing outward projection, and by crossbeams tenoned into the pillars. Our study makes the system and efficiency of these member's joints clear with the models (scale 1/10, 1/50), and shows a process of experiment in the framework construction.
