ABOUT TO-JI SYOUSHIBOU BEFORE THE FIRE IN 1379

  • KITAWAKI Syouhei
    The Japanese Association for Conservation of Architecture and Monuments

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  • 康暦元年(1379)回禄以前の東寺西院小子房について
  • コウレキ ガンネン(1379)カイロク イゼン ノ ヒガシテラニシイン ショウシボウ ニ ツイテ

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 The priests' living quarters performed a variety of functions as a place of the religious and secular activity of the temple. To-ji Syoushibou was one of the medieval priests' living quarters, you can know about the use of. The use of To-ji Syoushibou was summarized in following three. The first was the meeting place such as education and researches or management of the temple, the second was the place of the religious activities to be related to an offering to the temple, and the last was the make the ancillary rituals in events such as Haido (ceremonious visit to To-ji Temple by Choja(head priest of To-ji Temple)) or the Kechien kanjo (Dharma transmission). In addition, the plan of To-ji Syoushibou, public service room, private room, cooking chamber in which are arranged, is characterized in that these various rooms have been aggregated into one building.

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