Horyuji
Title
Horyuji
Publisher
Lawrence Technological University
Date Created
August 14, 2015
Alternative Title or Name
Horyuji Chumon Gojunoto
Creator2
O’Connor, Thomas (photograph)
Work Type
Single Built Works
lighting devices
Date
April, 1972
Work Location
Japan (nation)
Nara (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Japanese architecture styles
Subject
gate towers
lanterns (lighting devices)
temples (buildings)
Japanese Buddhism
Description
View of bronze lantern near the Chumon (central gate) at the Horyuji temple precinct in Nara, Japan. "Horyuji is divided into two areas, and it is the larger Western Precinct that visitors enter first. This contains the Main Hall (Kondo), a five-story pagoda and the Central Gate, dating from around 710, that are the temple’s oldest buildings. In the construction of Horyuji, there was a significant break with tradition in that the Kondo and pagoda are arranged side by side rather than following the traditional axial plan. Despite this novelty, the buildings themselves reflect architectural styles common in China a century earlier,"--from Horyuji: Buddhism’s cradle in Japan, by Stephen Forster.
Material/Medium
bronze (metal)
wood (plant material)
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Copyright Statement
©2013 Lawrence Technological University. These images may be used for personal or educational purposes. They are not available for commercial purposes without the explicit permission of LTU.
ID Number
LTU-TOJ-253
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