From the early mist of the morning, thousands of deer gather, look about, or meander by themselves in the pine forest of the city of Nara. Nobody disturbs them in this vast park. It is as though their lord does not tire of enjoying them, so too the tourists who become more numerous in the heat of the day: since 752, at the Todai-ji temple, a statue of Buddha has stood, 16 meters high. People say that this figure dominating the Daibutsuden space r