juubou　住房

KEY WORD :　architecture / buildings & structures

The earliest (6c-12c) Buddhist living quarters for priests' and monks. Arranged outside the sacred area containing the image hall, and pagoda. The dormitory was sometimes called the east quarters *higashimuro 東室, the west quarters *nishimuro 西室, or the north quarters kitamuro 北室, depending upon their location in relation to the sacred buildings. When all three existed they were called *sanmen soubou 三面僧房. A smaller type of dormitory was called *Tsumamuro 妻室. The only one extant is at Houryuuji Sai-in 法隆寺西院. It was used by novices or other lowly monks who performed services for high ranking monks. The Nishimuro at Houryuuji is 19 x 5 bays deep in front and narrows to 4 bays at the back. It is single storied with a gable roof, *kirizuma yane 切妻屋根, covered with cypress bark shingles *hiwadabuki 桧皮葺. All these early dormitories were partitioned into small living quarters for each monk.

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*soubou 僧房, *garan haichi 伽藍配置, *naidou 内堂

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