There is a description in the "Nihonshoki" that an event called "Mushadaie Festival" was held at Yakushi-ji Temple in 688, which suggests that the temple buildings had been completed to some degree by that time. |
持統天皇2年(688年)、薬師寺にて無遮大会(むしゃだいえ)という行事が行われたことが『書紀』に見え、この頃までにはある程度伽藍が整っていたものと思われる。 |