Japanese Architecture

• The earliest Buddhist structures still extant in Japan.

• The oldest wooden buildings in the Far East are found in Horyu-ji

• Horyu-ji is a temple complex to the south-west of Nara.

• It was first built in the early 7th

century as the private temple of crown Prince Shotoku

• It consists of 41 independent buildings

• The main worship hall , orKondo( Golden Hall) and Goju-no-to (Five-storey Pagoda) arestand in the center of an openarea surrounded by a roofedcloister.

• Kondo is a two-storey structure of post-and-beam construction capped by anIrimoya.

• Irimoya or hipped-gabled roof ofceramic.

• Inside of it are some of the mostimportant sculptures of the period. Thecentral image is Shaka Trinity, thehistorical Buddha flanked by twobodhisattvas (Buddhist saints)

• Shaka Trinity,the historicalBuddhaflanked bytwobodhisattvas(Buddhistsaints)

Kondo with an Irimoya roof

• Shaka Trinity is a cast bronze sculpture by Tori Busshimade in homage to the recently deceased Prince Shotoku.

• At the four corners f the platform are the Guardian Kings of Four Directions.

Guardian Kings of Four Directionswere carved in wood about 650.

• Also housed at the Horyu-ji is the tamamushishrine, a wooden replica of a Kondo.

Horyu-ji Temple

The Daibutsuden

Byodoin Temple

Japanese Tea House

Kasuga Shrine

Tanukeyama-Hachiman Shrine

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4. First aid : RICE

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1. FRACTURE

2. DISLOCATION

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