Byodoin Temple

Title

Byodoin Temple

Publisher

Lawrence Technological University

Date Created

November 20, 2015

Creator2

O’Connor, Thomas (photograph)

Work Type

Single Built Works

Date

May, 1972

Work Location

Japan (nation)
Kyoto (inhabited place)

Style/Period

Heian

Subject

temples (buildings)
Japanese Buddhism

Description

Detail view of wooden columns at the Phoenix Hall at Byodoin Temple in Kyoto, Japan. "The galleries to each side of the center chapel form freestanding open arcades with turrets at each end. Each gallery measures 5 bays, or approximately 46 feet from north to south, and three bays, or approximately 29 and 1/2 feet along its eastern extension,"--from "The Phoenix Hall at Uji and the symmetries of replication" by Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan, in Art Bulletin, December 1, 1995.

Material/Medium

wood (plant material)

Reproduction Type

jpeg

ID Number

LTU-TOJ-1246

Files

LTU-TOJ-1246.jpg
Date Added
November 20, 2015
Collection
LTU Digital Images
Item Type
VRA Core
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Citation
“Byodoin Temple,” LTU Digital Images, accessed March 28, 2024, https://ltuimagecollection.omeka.net/items/show/15147.