A Guide to Kyoto’s Wooden and Traditional Architecture Rengeo-in (蓮華王院) is yet another temple in Kyoto that was constructed in the Japanese Style Architecture(和様). Rengeo-in, otherwise known as Sanjusangen-do (三十三間堂), is over 900 years old, having survived numerous earthquakes, and
Daihoon-ji (大報恩寺), the oldest surviving wooden building in Kyoto is built with this Japanese Style.
A Guide to Kyoto’s Wooden and Traditional Architecture The wooden bracket system, or kumimono (組物), is one of the more distinctive features found in traditional temples and shrines. While functionally they are to take the load of the large roofs
One of the feature of Horyu-ji (法隆寺) is the use of a bracket arm that’s carved in the shape of a cloud.
A Guide to Kyoto’s Wooden and Traditional Architecture One of the other features of Horyu-ji (法隆寺), the oldest extant wooden structure in the world, is the use of a bracket arm that’s carved in the shape of a cloud. Such
A rather prominent feature of the pillars of Horyu-ji and the wooden temples from that era (Asuka) .
A Guide to Kyoto’s Wooden and Traditional Architecture Wooden architecture in Japan has evolved over the years. Many of such developments are closely tied to religious structures, namely Buddhist temples. Horyu-ji (法隆寺) is one oldest extant wooden structure in the
The base rafters, or jidaruki (地垂木) and the the flying rafters, or hiendaruki (飛檐垂木)
A Guide to Kyoto’s Wooden and Traditional Architecture At the edge of the underside of a roof of a temple building, one can often see the exposed rafters. Many of them are double layered. While these exposed rafters are not
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[Kawai Tsugite] is that it can be used to connect wood from three directions
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In Japan, a cut is made into the wood to prevent it from cracking during the drying process.
When is a cut made into the wood? When building a house, or when drying? In Japan, a cut is made into the wood to prevent it from cracking during the drying process. A log is first sawed into a