zenshuuyou　禅宗様
CATEGORY:　architecture / general terms
　
A style of architecture imported from China during the Sung dynasty (960-1279). It includes the architectural elements that came with the Zen sect, Zenshuu 禅宗, imported from China during the early Kamakura period. Zen 禅 was brought to Japan by the Japanese Buddhist priest Eisai 栄西 (1141-1215). The word kara 唐 meant Chinese, but kara also included other foreign imports; for example, things imported from southeast Asia. A specific example is sandalwood which is called *karaki 唐木. However, to express the architectural style that came into Japan with Zen Buddhism, Dr. Oota Hirotarou 太田博太郎, well-known architectural historian, created the term Zen style zenshuuyou, to replace karayou 唐様. This has been widely accepted, especially in Japanese books on architecture published in English.
　
　

　
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