大和法隆寺
Horyuji Temple
Five roofs stack up, each smaller than the one below, and from the very top a single thin rod rises straight into the sky.
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The sky around the pagoda is a light gray, with nothing else in it. Under the eaves, rows of intricate brackets show up in black. Below the lowest roof, one more low roof juts out. In the lower right, the edge of another building's roof peeks in.
The five-story pagoda at Horyuji, in Nara Prefecture, is the oldest wooden pagoda still standing, and is thought to have been built around the end of the 7th century. It is designated a National Treasure. That low roof is called a mokoshi, an extra layer of eaves added below the main eaves.
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- Source title
- 『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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- Copyright expired (public domain)
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- 128+ years ago
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