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*The main Niô-mon temple gate was constructed c. [[1637]]-[[1644]], in emulation of the "Japanese" (''wayô'') style of the [[Heian period]].<ref>The term ''wayô'' (lit. "Japanese style") was coined in the [[Kamakura period]] to refer to the architectural styles introduced from China in the [[Nara period]] and which had now become rather traditional and nativized, in contrast to the more newly introduced, and thus more foreign-seeming Chinese styles of architecture (''karayô'') introduced alongside [[Zen]]. See: "[http://www.aisf.or.jp/~jaanus/deta/w/wayou.htm Wayou]," JAANUS.</ref>
*The main Niô-mon temple gate was constructed c. [[1637]]-[[1644]], in emulation of the "Japanese" (''wayô'') style of the [[Heian period]].<ref>The term ''wayô'' (lit. "Japanese style") was coined in the [[Kamakura period]] to refer to the architectural styles introduced from China in the [[Nara period]] and which had now become rather traditional and nativized, in contrast to the more newly introduced, and thus more foreign-seeming Chinese styles of architecture (''karayô'') introduced alongside [[Zen]]. See: "[http://www.aisf.or.jp/~jaanus/deta/w/wayou.htm Wayou]," JAANUS.</ref>
*The temple's ''Kondô'' (Golden Hall) was originally constructed in the Keichô era (1596-1615) as part of the Kyoto Imperial Palace; it was relocated to the Ninna-ji compound sometime in the Kan'ei era (1624-1644), and is today a National Treasure, as a precious surviving example of ''shishinden'' (imperial palace) architecture. Sculptures of [[Amida]] and of the [[Shitenno|Four Heavenly Kings]] are among the chief objects of worship housed within the hall.
*The temple's Shiro Shoin ("white study") was built in [[1890]] to serve as a temporary ''shinden'' ("palace") following the destruction of the ''goten'' ("palace") in a fire in [[1887]]. A new ''shinden'' was built afterwards, and this structure was then renamed the Shiro Shoin. A series of ''[[fusuma]]'' (sliding screen) paintings decorating the walls of the ''[[shoin]]'' depicting pine trees are by ''[[Nihonga]]'' painter Fukunaga Seihan, and date to 1937.
*The temple's Shiro Shoin ("white study") was built in [[1890]] to serve as a temporary ''shinden'' ("palace") following the destruction of the ''goten'' ("palace") in a fire in [[1887]]. A new ''shinden'' was built afterwards, and this structure was then renamed the Shiro Shoin. A series of ''[[fusuma]]'' (sliding screen) paintings decorating the walls of the ''[[shoin]]'' depicting pine trees are by ''[[Nihonga]]'' painter Fukunaga Seihan, and date to 1937.