Kamiyodo Haiji

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Kamiyodo temple ruins
上淀廃寺跡
Yonago, Tottori, Japan
RegionSan'in region
Coordinates35°27′15.0″N 133°26′45.1″E / 35.454167°N 133.445861°E / 35.454167; 133.445861
Typetemple ruins
History
Founded6th century AD
PeriodsHakuhō period
Site notes
Public accessYes (museum)
Map
pagodas (left) and Kondō
(right)

Kamiyodo temple ruins (上淀廃寺跡, Kamiyodo Haiji ato) is an

JR West San'in Main Line.[2]

History

The Kamiyodo temple ruins are located in

wall paintings of the Hōryū-ji kondō in Ikaruga, Nara, to which they bora marked resemblance. The mural paintings show a considerable sophistication of decoration despite the remoteness of the site, far from the political centre in the Yamato plain.[3][4][5][6][7]

Temple complex

The

roof tiles to have been a further, three-story pagoda has been uncovered to the west of the Kondō. Behind were a number of further buildings.[3][5] Both the Kondō and the pagodas have double foundations, which is also characteristic of Baekje architecture. However, as for the north tower, although the central foundation supporting the central pillar of the tower was found, the remainder of foundation was not confirmed, so it is possible that it had been planned but never completed. Nevertheless less, there is no other example of a temple arrangement with a three pagoda layout, and there is no other ancient temple that arranges two pagodas north and south. Each of the pagodashad a 3 x 3 bay layout, or 9.5 meters on each side. The Kondō was a 14.2 by 12.5 meter structure.[2]

The foundations of the Middle Gate and

Korean Peninsula than in Japan. It is believed that the temple completed in the late 7th century, repaired in the middle of the 8th century, and destroyed by fire in the 10th century. [2]

In all, 5,500 fragments of wall painting and 3,300 fragments of sculpture were recovered from the site, together with a large quantity of roof tiles and items of iron and bronze.[8]

Wall paintings

lotus pedestal[3]

Among the fragments of painting are the heads of a

white clay, and lampblack ink.[3][7][10]

Preservation

An area of 25,560 square metres (275,100 sq ft) encompassing the excavations was

epoxy resin.[7]

Early temple wall painting

Initially the paintings, understood to be coeval with the construction of the Kondō in the late

Important Cultural Property.[19][20][21]

See also

References

  1. ^ "上淀廃寺跡" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  2. ^
    ISBN 4311750404
    .(in Japanese)
  3. ^ a b c d e Yonago Board of Education and Culture, ed. (1997). 上淀廃寺の美 花開いた古代美の流れ [The Beauty of Kamiyodo Haiji] (in Japanese). Yonago Board of Education and Culture. p. 130.
  4. ISBN 978-1-904982-22-7
    .
  5. ^ a b 上淀廃寺跡 [Site of Kamiyodo Haiji] (in Japanese). Tottori Prefecture. Retrieved 24 August 2012.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ 上淀廃寺跡 [Kamiyodo Haiji Site] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 28 August 2012.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^
    Tokyo National Research Institute of Cultural Properties
    . pp. 211–225.
  8. ^
    Yonago City
    . Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  9. ^ Donohashi Akio (1991). 鳥取・上淀廃寺壁画断片について [On wall painting fragments from Kamiyodo Haiji, Tottori]. Ars Buddhica (in Japanese). 197: 5–7, 118–120.
  10. ISBN 978-1-904982-22-7
    .
  11. ^ 上淀廃寺跡 [Kamiyodo Haiji Site] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  12. ^ 上淀廃寺跡出土壁画・塑像 附瓦・土器類 [Excavated wall paintings and sculptures from the site of Kamiyodo Haiji, together with roof tiles and ceramics] (in Japanese). Tottori Prefecture. Retrieved 28 August 2012.[permanent dead link]
  13. Yonago City. Archived from the original
    on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  14. Yonago City
    . Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  15. Asahi Shimbun
    (in Japanese). 10 December 2004. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  16. Asahi Shimbun
    (in Japanese). 19 October 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  17. ^ 日置前遺跡 [Hiokimae Site] (in Japanese). Takashima City. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  18. ISBN 978-0-8248-3114-1
    .
  19. ^ Kidder, J. Edward (1999). The Lucky Seventh: Early Horyu-ji and its Time. International Christian University. pp. 341–2.
  20. ISBN 1-84718-567-3
    .
  21. ^ 五重塔初層旧壁画（土壁） [Wall Paintings from the Five-storey Pagoda at Hōryūji] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 31 August 2012.

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