Higashi Honganji

Image View Description

Goeido (Founder's Hall), Exterior: Roof Detail viewed from Amidado (Amida Hall) Temporary Structure

Date

1602 (built), 1895 (rebuilt), 2010 (renovation)

Work Type
architecture
Style/Period
Early Edo/Meiji
Culture
Japanese
Location
Kyoto (Japan)
Notes

175,967 roof tiles

Image Source

The Trustees of Columbia University, Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archaeology

Photographer
Caleb Smith
Record ID
honganji_151
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