shippou sougon makibashira 七宝荘厳巻柱
KEY WORD : architecture / general terms
 
Lit. a pillar lavishly decorated with cloisonne'. Pillars embellished with a variety of materials and techniques: intricate filigree of gold or silver, inlaid mother-of-pearl, Buddhas, bodhisattvas, animals, plants, cloud and dragon patterns and geometrical motifs applied with paint or lacquer. Such decoration appears on an octagonal pillar at the Octagonal Hall *hakkakudou 八角堂 (8c) Nara; patterns of Buddhas on pillars at Toushoudaiji *Kondou 唐招堤寺金堂 (8c) Nara; Byoudouin *Hououdou 平等院鳳凰堂 (1053) Kyoto; Chuusonji *Konjikidou 中尊寺金色堂 (1124) Iwate prefecture and Toudaiji Daibutsuden 東大寺大仏殿, Nara.
 
 

 
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