EARLY TEMPLES OF THE ASUKA (538-645), HAKUHO (645-710) AND NARA (710-794) PERIODS
  1-1  Built in 588 as Hokoji; moved to Nara in 718 under the name Gangoji
1-2  Oldest Shakamuni image in Japan; housed in Gangoji
1-3  Horyuji near Nara. Built in 603; rebuilt around 711 after a fire. Oldest wooden buildings in the world
1-4  Horyuji. New building in vermillion. Buildings are not repainted when the colour wears off.
1-5  Reconstructed main hall of Yakushiji in Nara. Founded in 680
1-6  Original pagoda at Yakushiji
1-7  Kofukuji in Nara. Founded in 710
1-8  Shin-Yakushiji in Nara. Founded in 747
1-9  Hokkeji in Nara. Founded in 749
1-10  Todaiji in Nara. Founded in 752 as the head of the provincial temple system
1-11  Daibutsu in Todaiji
1-12  Toshodaiji in Nara. Founded in 759
1-13  Ishiyamadera in Otsu. Founded in 762
1-14  Akishinodera in Nara. Founded in 780
  ESOTERIC AND PURE LAND TEMPLES OF THE HEIAN PERIOD (794-1185)
  1-15  Main hall of the Western Precinct of Enryakuji on Mt. Hie near Kyoto. This Tendai complex was founded in 788. The building shown here, the Shakado, was moved to Mt. Hie in 1595
  1-16  Shiki Ko-do at Enryakuji.
  1-17  Toji (East Temple) was built to guard the East end of the city when the capital was moved to Kyoto in 794. Founded in 796
  1-18  Muroji near Uda City. Founded in the late Nara Period, the temple, located in a forest, is now Shingon
  1-19  Pagoda at Muroji
  1-20  Sanzenin, Ohara near Kyoto. The Amida Hall shown here (Tendai) was built in 985 and rebuilt in 1148
  1-21  Byodoin, Uji City, founded in 998. The Phoenix Hall (best example of a Paradise Hall) shown here was constructed in 1053. Today, Byodoin is a joint Tendai and Jodo (Pure Land) temple
  1-22  Main hall of Joruriji near Nara. Pure Land temple founded in 1047
  1-23  Pagoda at Joruriji
  1-24  Main gate of Chionin, Kyoto. Jodo (Pure Land) temple founded in 1234
  1-25  Main hall of Chioninin
  1-26  Sutra building at Chionin
  1-27  Kongobuji, headquarters of Shingon on Mt. Koya. Founded 1593
  1-28  Entrance to Amida Hall, Nishi Honganji, Kyoto. Headquarters of Jodo Shinshu (True Pure Land), constructed in 1602
  1-29  Interior of Amida Hall at Nishi Honganji
  ZEN TEMPLES OF THE KAMAKURA (1185-1333) AND MUROMACHI (1333-1573) PERIODS
  1-30  Keninji, Kyoto, 1202. One of the original great five Zen temples of Kyoto
  1-31  Interior of Keninji
  1-32  Tofukuji in Kyoto. Founded in 1236. One of the great five Zen temples of Kyoto
  1-33  Eiheiji Monastery, founded by Eihei Dogen (one of Japan's greatest thinkers) in 1244. Eiheiji is one of the two head temples of Soto Zen
  1-34  One of several gates at Eiheiji
  1-35  Interior at Eiheiji
  1-36  Tenryuji in Kyoto, 1345. One of the great five Zen temples of Kyoto.
  1-37  Kinkakuji (Temple of the Golden Pavilion) in Kyoto. Built in 1397; reconstructed in 1955
  1-38  Interior at Kinkakuji
  1-39  Ginkakuji (Temple of the Silver Pavilion) in Kyoto. Founded in 1490
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