JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE IN KYOTO

TO-JI Temple No.1

Place : Kujo, Minami-ku, Kyoto City

Phone : 075-671-9612

Open : 9:00 - 16:30

Fee : 500 Yen

Access : 15min. from JR Kyoto Station(Hachijo exit)

Period : Omote-Shoinn ; Momoyama Period, Garden ; 1598-1615

Addvice: The base temple of Kuukai Zen Master.

• Kondo. The National treasure. Momoyama Period, Built at 796(Enryaku 15), rebuilt at 1603(Keicho 8).
  
  Designed by Tenjiku Style(The style of Buddism architecture, mixture of old China and Japan), and mixture of Kara(old China) Style & Japanease Style in detail.
• The sculpture of Three Saint image, which are Yakusi-nyorai, Nikko-bosastu(means Sunray Bodhi-sattva) and Gekko bosatsu(means Moonray Bodhi-sattva), are settled.

• The five-storied pagoda. built at 826(Tencho 3) by great zen master Kobo-taishi, rebuilt at 1644(Kanei 21).
  
  57M total height. Edo Period. The highest wooden tower in Japan.

[No.1]Kondo : Five-storied pagoda
[No.2]Jiki-do : Taisi-do
[No.3]a distant view of Five-storied tower : Ko-do

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