山城宇治鳳凰堂
Hoodo (Phoenix Hall), Uji
With its central roof raised a step higher, the building spreads out to the left and right like wings. This is the Hoodo, or Phoenix Hall, of Byodoin Temple in Uji.
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The Phoenix Hall is the hall of Amida Buddha at Byodoin, built by Fujiwara no Yorimichi and completed in 1053. Byodoin itself began the year before, when Yorimichi turned a villa he had received from his father, Michinaga, into a temple. The name came into use around the start of the Edo period, because from the front the building looks like a bird spreading its wings, and a pair of phoenixes stands on its roof.
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- 『日本名勝写真帖』（明治31年10月）
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- National Diet Library, Japan
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- 128+ years ago
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