shisoubou　私僧房

KEY WORD :　architecture / buildings & structures

A private residence for high ranking priests within the confines of a Buddhist temple. During the Heian period (9c.-12c.), this type of residence replaced the old Nara period (7c.-8c.) type of long, narrow dormitory buildings. Because many members of aristocratic families as well as retiring emperors entered Buddhist monasteries, private quarters resembling Heian period mansions, *shinden-zukuri 寝殿造, were constructed and rebulit or restored at later dates. Examples: Jingoji 神護寺 *Nouryoubou 納涼房, Momoyama period; Kyoto. Kongoubuji Fudoudou 金剛峰寺不動堂, Kamakura period, Wakayama prefecture; Kyouougokokuji 教王護国寺, commonly called Touji 東寺, Daishidou 大師堂 1390, Kyoto.

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*soubou 僧房, *houjou 方丈

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