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[[File:Tofukuji-model.JPG|right|thumb|320px|A 1/10th scale model of the temple's main gate, at the [[National Museum of Japanese History]] in [[Chiba prefecture]]]] | [[File:Tofukuji-model.JPG|right|thumb|320px|A 1/10th scale model of the temple's main gate, at the [[National Museum of Japanese History]] in [[Chiba prefecture]]]] | ||
| + | ::''Not to be confused with [[Tofukuji castle]] in [[Kagoshima]].'' | ||
*''Founded: [[1236]], [[Kujo family|Kujô family]]'' | *''Founded: [[1236]], [[Kujo family|Kujô family]]'' | ||
*''Japanese'': 東福寺 ''(toufuku-ji)'' | *''Japanese'': 東福寺 ''(toufuku-ji)'' | ||
Latest revision as of 13:44, 3 December 2015
A 1/10th scale model of the temple's main gate, at the National Museum of Japanese History in Chiba prefecture
- Not to be confused with Tofukuji castle in Kagoshima.
- Founded: 1236, Kujô family
- Japanese: 東福寺 (toufuku-ji)
Tôfuku-ji is a major Rinzai Zen temple in eastern Kyoto, founded in 1236 by the Kujô family.
The main gate of the temple, dating in its latest reconstruction to 1425, has been designated a National Treasure. The two-story gate is five bays wide, with three doors and ladders on either end leading up into the second story. Though fundamentally a wayô ("Japanese-style") structure, the gate features elements of daibutsuyô ("Great Buddha Style") and Zen architecture.[1]
References
- Amino Yoshihiko, Alan Christy (trans.), Rethinking Japanese History, Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan (2012), 147n5.
- ↑ Gallery labels, National Museum of Japanese History.
