東大寺境内の東山麓に、御水取りの行事で知られている二月堂がある。この写真は、二月堂の南にある石階段下の西南方向から、二月堂を見上げるように撮影する。左手下に興成神社の小社があり、小社後方に初代の良弁杉の大木がある。右手には法華堂北門の西妻壁を写す。Nigatsudo Hall, famous for Omizutori ceremony, stands at the foot of Higashiyama Mountain within the temple grounds of Todaiji. This photo captures Nigatsudo Hall looking up from the bottom of the sone steps located at the south of the hall when facing northeast. There is a small shrine of Kosei Jinja at the lower left. Behind the shrine stands the first generation of the big ryoben cedar. A part of Nishizuma wall at the north gate of Hokkedo Hall can be seen on the right