Important Cultural Property of Nara
奈 良 県 の 重 要 文 化 財Nara’s Important Cultural Properties — designated for their value to the nation’s cultural history.
Fukiji Main Hall in Kawanishi, Nara, is a hipped-roof Buddhist hall rebuilt in 1388 per a 1679 inscription. It adjoins Mutsugata Shrine and holds a Heian Shaka.
The Former Fukiji Temple Rakando, a tiny Heian hall from Kawanishi, was dismantled in 1935, chemically conserved and rebuilt at Horyuji. Its history and what to see.
The Fukuonin Main Hall, built in 1437 in a Horyuji sub-temple, is a small square hall with a pyramidal tiled roof, unusual among the temple's dated small halls.
The pagoda of Futaiji in Nara is the late Kamakura lower storey of a two-storey tahoto, now capped by a pyramidal roof, at the temple said to be founded by Narihira.
The south gate of Futaiji in Nara, a four-legged gate of 1317 with a gabled roof of full tiles, leads into the temple said to be founded by Ariwara no Narihira.
The main hall of Futaiji in Nara, an early Muromachi hall under a hipped tiled roof, stands at a temple said to have been founded by the poet Ariwara no Narihira.
Butsuryuji Sekishitsu is a stone chamber with a pyramidal roof behind the main hall in Uda City. The gorinto inside is held to mark the grave of the founder Kene.
The main hall of Fudoin in Yamatotakada, Nara, a hall of 1483 with a hipped roof of full tiles and a front porch, is designated together with two old eaves boards.
Hokakuji Byoto, a granite pagoda 268 cm tall, was raised on Mount Hyakkai in 1369 for the Shugendo master Sho-bo. Its carving copies wooden pagodas now lost.
The Hojuin Main Hall, built in 1512 in a Horyuji sub-temple, is a shallow three-by-two-bay hall with a rare wood-shingle roof, like the Shindo of 1284.
The Horyuji Temple Great Bathhouse, built in 1605 in the southwest sub-temple block, is a gable-fronted monks' bathhouse that survives with its older front gate.
The Horyuji Temple Great Bathhouse Front Gate, an early Muromachi four-legged gate, is older than the Edo walls beside it and leads to the 1605 Great Bathhouse.
The Horyuji Temple Kaminomido Hall, rebuilt in 1318, houses a Heian Shaka Triad carved from cherry wood and opens only from November 1 to 3 each year.
The Horyuji Temple Kitamuroin Taishiden Hall, mid-Muromachi, is a sub-temple residence with a main block and entrance corridor. Its plan, setting and access.
The Horyuji Temple Western Precinct Earthen Walls, mostly rebuilt in 1697, run about 538 m in three sections linking the great gates; part of the west wall is older.
The Horyuji Temple Western Precinct Southwest Sub-Temple Walls are Edo-period earthen walls along the approach, linking the Saionin gates and Bathhouse Front Gate.
The Horyuji Temple Western Precinct Southeast Sub-Temple Walls are Edo-period earthen walls on the east of the approach, 285.6 m in two sections holding seven gates.
The Horyuji Temple Saionin Karamon Gate, an early Edo cypress-bark gate, opens off the approach to the Middle Gate beside the Agetsuchimon. How a hira-karamon works.
The Horyuji Temple Jizo Hall, built in 1372, is a small three-bay square hall. Compare it with the Shindo of 1284 and the Chuin Main Hall of 1434 on the same site.
The Horyuji Temple Shindo Hall, built in 1284, is a three-bay square hall with a rare wood-shingle roof, the oldest of its type at the temple. What to see outside.
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