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Chūmon (central gate), Hōryūji

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

The chūmon of Hōryū-ji Temple, a two-storeyed gate four bays wide set in the roofed cloister of the main compound. Fierce Niō guard its outer bays: Ungyō, black-skinned with clenched teeth, and Agyō, red with an open mouth. 1 Mason 2005, p. 63, fig. 68. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005.