noun
government-run Buddhist sculpture workshop (Nara period)
Historical term for an official workshop that produced Buddhist statues under state patronage during the Nara period (710–794).
See also: 仏所
奈良時代の造仏所では、国家の事業として仏像が造られた。
At the government-run Buddhist sculpture workshops of the Nara period, Buddhist statues were produced as state projects.