Sobre este lugar: Horyu-ji
Horyu-ji, fundado en 607 por el Príncipe Shotoku, contiene las estructuras de madera más antiguas del mundo. El complejo Sai-in, incluidos el kondo y la pagoda de cinco pisos, sobrevive desde finales del siglo VII/principios del VIII. Fue uno de los primeros sitios UNESCO de Japón (1993), tesoro del arte budista.
Aspectos destacados
- Kondo (Main Hall) — built in the 7th century, the world's oldest wooden building, enshrining the Shaka Triad (a National Treasure); admire the entasis columns
- Five-Story Pagoda — 31.5 m tall, the world's oldest pagoda; the proportional balance from the first to fifth tiers is exquisite
- Yumedono (Hall of Dreams) and To-in Precinct — built in 739 as an octagonal hall, with the secret Guze Kannon, said to be a life-sized image of Prince Shotoku
- Chumon (Central Gate) — the main gate to the Sai-in Precinct, with entasis columns and two Niou (Vajra Warrior) guardians
- Kudara Kannon (National Treasure) — enshrined in the Daihozoin, a 2.1 m wooden Asuka-period image with a uniquely elongated form
