A 1/10th scale model of the temple's main gate, at the National Museum of Japanese History in Chiba prefecture
- 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.