One of the popularly known Shuni-e is the one at Tōdai-ji in Nara, held between March 1st and the morning of March 15. This article describes below the details of the Shuni-e held at Tōdai-ji. The Tōdai-ji Shuni-e ceremony was originally started by Jitchū, a monk of the Kegon school, as a devotion and confession to the Bodhisattva Kannon（Skt: Avalokiteśvara). It has continued every year since 752, though it was held at a different site until the Nigatsu-dō was completed in 772. The ceremony is also known as Omizutori (お水取り), the name of its climactic ritual.