Haniwa

Kyoto, Kofun period

Earthernware, H 27"

Main hall, Inner shrine, Ise

Mie Prefecture

Site dates to 1st c. CE, most recent buildings rebuilt in 1993 (wooden structure)

*note tradition of rebuilding while using the same form

Horyuji Compound

Pagoda to the weft (left), golden hill (kondo) to the east (right(

Nara Prefecture, Asuka period

*oldest wooden temple in the world

Womb world Mandala

Heian period

Hanging scroll, colors on silk

Phoenix Hall

Byodin, Uji

Kyoto Prefecture, Heian Period

Jocho

Amida Buddha

Phoenix Hall, Byodin

Kyoto Prefecture, Heian period

*carved out of wood

Section of the Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace

Kamakura Period

handscroll, ink and colors on paint

Kosho

Kuya Preaching

Kamakura Period

painted wood w/ inlaid eyes

Descent of Amida and the 25 Bodhisattvas

Kamakura Period

hanging scroll

colors and gold on silk