Saidai-ji Temple The Saidai-ji Temple was founded by the Imperial order of the Empress Shotoku in the 1st year of the Tempyo-jingo era (765). http://www1.sphere.ne.jp/naracity/e/kan_spot_data/e_si81.html
Saidai-ji Temple Beginning with a fire in 846 (notwithstanding the revitalizing help of the priest Eison who changed Saidai-ji to the Shingon sect during the Kamakura period) it has been gradually reduced to the Aizendo, the Shio-do and the Hondo, all of which date to mid-Edo period reconstruction http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2763011-saidai_ji_temple_kyoto-i