koufuuzou　綱封蔵
KEY WORD :　architecture / buildings & structures
　
Also called *narabigura 双倉 or twin storehouses. A large storehouse, 9×3 bays, erected by imperial command at Houryuuji 法隆寺 in the early Heian period. It was used to store valuables that belonged to a temple or the nobility. The storage areas are two 3×3 bay enclosed sections at each end of the structure. The center 3-bays are open and the storage doors open onto this area. This arrangement allows the temple's treasures to be protected as they are moved in and out of the building. The building has a raised floor, takayuka 高床, but is not in the log style, like the *Shousouin 正倉院. When there was no intention to remove or restore objects, the floor boards in the three middle bays were taken up and kept elsewhere. There are no treasures stored in the Koufuuzou now. The posts that support the floor have floor-plates covering them. Sturdy square pillars stand on these. The walls are made of whitewashed, mud plaster. On the inside, between the pillars, thick planks form a solid backing. The hipped roof *yosemune yane 寄棟屋根 is tiled *hongawarabuki 本瓦葺.
　
Houryuuji Koufuuzou 法隆寺綱封蔵 (Nara)
Houryuuji Koufuuzou 法隆寺綱封蔵 (Nara)

　
REFERENCES:
　
EXTERNAL LINKS: 
　　
NOTES: 
　

(C)2001 Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System.　No reproduction or republication without written permission.
掲載のテキスト・写真・イラストなど、全てのコンテンツの無断複製・転載を禁じます。