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===Sai-in===
===Sai-in===
The Western Compound, or ''Saiin'', which contains the pagoda and ''kondô'', is enclosed within a wall broken up by the ''chûmon'' to the south, and the ''kôdô'' (Lecture Hall) to the north.
The Western Compound, or ''Saiin'', which contains the pagoda and ''kondô'', is enclosed within a wall broken up by the ''chûmon'' to the south, and the ''kôdô'' (Lecture Hall) to the north.
The ''chûmon'' is four bays wide and three bays deep, while the ''kondô'' is five bays wide by four deep. The latter has stairs on all four sides, and a hipped gable roof. The temple's bell tower (''shôrô'') and sutra repository (''kyôzô'') are built into the covered corridors surrounding the precinct.<ref name=ching>Francis D.K. Ching, et al, ''A Global History of Architecture'', Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons (2011), 291.</ref>
The pagoda and ''kondô'' are believed to be the oldest extant wooden structures in the world; dating technology has revealed that the central pillar was made from a tree felled around [[594]]. Unlike most pagodas in Japan, the ground floor of Hôryû-ji's pagoda is open to visitors; as worshippers circumambulate within the pagoda, they view a series of four diorama scenes in unfired clay sculpted in [[711]], including one portraying the [[Parinirvana]] of the [[Buddha]] (his death, or his entrance into [[Nirvana]]), and one the famous battle of wits between Manjusri (J: [[Monju]]), boddhisattva of Wisdom, and the peasant [[Vimalakirti]].
The pagoda and ''kondô'' are believed to be the oldest extant wooden structures in the world; dating technology has revealed that the central pillar was made from a tree felled around [[594]]. Unlike most pagodas in Japan, the ground floor of Hôryû-ji's pagoda is open to visitors; as worshippers circumambulate within the pagoda, they view a series of four diorama scenes in unfired clay sculpted in [[711]], including one portraying the [[Parinirvana]] of the [[Buddha]] (his death, or his entrance into [[Nirvana]]), and one the famous battle of wits between Manjusri (J: [[Monju]]), boddhisattva of Wisdom, and the peasant [[Vimalakirti]].
Significant architectural elements of the ''kondô'' have been dated to around 670. Both the ''kondô'' and ''kôdô'' contain numerous Buddhist sculptures of great art historical significance.
Significant architectural elements of the ''kondô'' have been dated to around 670. Both the ''kondô'' and ''kôdô'' contain numerous Buddhist sculptures of great art historical significance, including a [[Shaka]] Triad designed by the sculptor [[Kuratsukuri no Tori]] in [[623]] to commemorate the death of Prince Shôtoku, and a set of sculptures of the [[Shitenno|Four Heavenly Kings]] dated to around 650, by [[Yamaguchi no Atai Oguchi]].<ref name=ching/>
===Tô-in: The Yumedono===
===Tô-in: The Yumedono===
==References==
==References==
*Signs and plaques on-site.
*Signs and plaques on-site.
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==External Links==
==External Links==