Artworks

Kondō (golden hall), Hōryūji

Artwork · Anonymous · 7th century · building · Hōryū-ji Temple

The kondō of Hōryūji, with the pagoda the oldest building of the temple, completed perhaps by 680 when the temple was rebuilt after the fire of 670. A double roof of square rafters on bracket arms carved like clouds; inside, an altar platform with the Shaka Triad, the Yakushi, Kondō, Hōryūji and the Shitennō, Kondō, Hōryūji, and on the walls the Wall paintings of the Kondō, Hōryūji. 1 Mason 2005, p. 63, fig. 69. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005.