Lit. Indian style. The style of architecture introduced to Japan when the priest Chōgen 重源 (1121-1206) returned from China. He was responsible for building Tōdaiji Daibutsuden 東大寺大仏殿, the great south gate *Nandaimon 南大門 in Nara, and Jōdoji *Jōdodō 浄土寺浄土堂 (1192) in Hyōgo Prefecture. The Chinese called India "Tenjiku" 天竺 and the new style tenjikuyō 天竺様. The Japanese used the same term to distinguish the new style from the traditional *wayō 和様. However, confusion arose from the fact that while literally the term means Indian style, and this translation of the term entered the English language, the style had nothing to do with India. Several decades ago, Dr. Ōta Hirotarō 大田博太郎, the great scholar of Japanese architectural history and a prolific writer, created the term, daibutsuyō, to replace tenjikuyō. It was logically deduced from the work of Chōgen, particularly his rebuilding of the Daibutsuden, the huge Buddha Hall at Tōdaiji.