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Shōsōin

Artwork · Anonymous · 756 · building · Shōsōin

The storehouse of Tōdaiji built for the treasures Empress Kōmyō gave to the temple after the death of Emperor Shōmu in 756. Three units joined together, in the azekura style: walls of triangular logs that interlock at the corners, the whole raised more than two metres off the ground on round posts. In use by 761; since 1953 the collection is kept in concrete storehouses, and shown each autumn at the Nara National Museum. 1 Mason 2005, p. 48, fig. 50. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005.