National Treasures of Nara

The Horyuji Temple Kofuzo Treasury, a Heian National Treasure, keeps two storerooms under one roof with an open bay between, the original twin-storehouse form.

The Horyuji Temple Five-Storied Pagoda, a 7th-century National Treasure about 32.5 m tall, has a pillar felled in 594 and clay scenes of 711 seen through grilles.

The Horyuji Temple Golden Hall, a late-7th-century National Treasure, keeps Asuka cloud brackets. See the Shaka Triad inside and learn about the 1949 fire.

The Horyuji Temple Saiendo Hall, an octagonal National Treasure rebuilt in 1250, keeps original foundation stones and a dry-lacquer Yakushi. Its February rite.

The Horyuji Temple Sankyoin and West Dormitory, a National Treasure rebuilt in 1231, joins a house-like lecture hall and a monks' dormitory in one 19-bay building.

The Horyuji Temple Refectory and Hosodono, two National Treasure halls, pair a Nara-period refectory with a Kamakura front hall, preserving the old twin-hall form.

The Horyuji Temple Shoryoin Hall, a National Treasure of 1284, grew out of the East Dormitory to enshrine Prince Shotoku. Its shrine cabinet and house-like plan.

The Horyuji Temple Bell Tower, a mid-Heian National Treasure rebuilt after 925, is the only Heian two-level belfry left. How it differs from the repository opposite.

The Horyuji Temple Great Lecture Hall, a National Treasure rebuilt in 990 after a fire in 925, grew from 8 bays to 9. See its hidden roof frame and Yakushi Triad.

The Horyuji Temple Middle Gate, an Asuka National Treasure, has four bays and a post on its axis. Theories, Asuka brackets and clay guardians of 711, viewed free.

The Horyuji Temple Eastern Precinct Bell Tower, an early Kamakura National Treasure, is the oldest skirted belfry in Japan, with a Tenpyo bell said to be Chuguji's.

The Horyuji Temple Eastern Precinct Denpodo Hall, a National Treasure, is a Nara-period noble house rebuilt as a lecture hall, the only Nara residence left standing.

The Horyuji Temple Eastern Precinct Yumedono Hall, a Nara-period octagon on the site of Ikaruga Palace, houses the hidden Kuse Kannon. Its 1230 remodel and showings.

The Horyuji Temple Great East Gate, a Nara-period National Treasure between the two precincts, was moved from a south-facing site and keeps a three-ridge-beam roof.

The Horyuji Temple Great South Gate, a National Treasure rebuilt in 1438, ends the pine approach. Its history, flower brackets and contrast with the Great East Gate.

The Horyuji Temple East Dormitory, a Nara-period National Treasure, is a monks' residence whose southern end became the Shoryoin; two rooms show its original layout.

The three-storied pagoda of Hokkiji in Ikaruga, Nara, completed around 706 and related to Horyuji's pagoda, is the oldest surviving pagoda of its kind.

Muroji Temple Five-Storied Pagoda in Uda City, Nara, is about 16 metres tall, the smallest outdoor pagoda in Japan, with a vase on its finial in place of a flame.

Muroji Temple Golden Hall is an early Heian hall in Uda City, Nara. Its roof breaks where the worship bay rebuilt in 1672 meets the Heian core behind it.

Muroji Temple Main Hall (Kanjodo) in Uda City, Nara, was dedicated in 1308 for the esoteric kanjo rite, its inner sanctuary screened by doors and a slatted window.

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