Horyuji

Horyuji

Lawrence Technological University

August 14, 2015

Horyuji Kyozo

O’Connor, Thomas (photograph)

Single Built Works

April, 1972

Japan (nation)

Nara (inhabited place)

Japanese architecture styles

libraries (buildings)

Japanese Buddhism

Exterior view of the Kyozo (sutra library) at the Horyuji temple precinct in Nara, Japan. "The Buddhist monuments in the Horyu-ji area are the earliest Buddhist monuments in Japan, dating from shortly after the introduction of Buddhism to the country, and had a profound influence on subsequent religious architecture. They represent the adaptation of Chinese Buddhist architecture and temple layout to Japanese culture and the subsequent development of a distinct indigenous style. Buddhism entered Japan from China via Korea in the mid-6th century AD. In the 7th century the pious Prince Regent Shotoku founded the religious centres of Horyu-ji and Chugu-ji. A disastrous fire destroyed the original Horyu-ji buildings in 670, but structural remains survive below ground in the precinct known as Wakakusa Garan to the south-east of the later West Temple (Sai-in). Rebuilding commenced almost immediately and continued into the early years of the 8th century,"--World Heritage website.

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