kumoto 雲斗
KEY WORD : architecture / general terms
 
Also pronounced kumomasu or unto. Lit. cloud-shaped bearing block. A bearing block carved with a cloud-shaped decorative pattern found at Houryuuji 法隆寺 on: *Chuumon 中門 (7c), *Kondou 金堂 (rebuilt 693), *Gojuu-no-tou 五重塔 (late 7c- early 8c) and the nearby temple, Hokkiji *Sanjuu-no-tou 法起寺三重塔 (706), all in Nara.
 
Houryuuji Gojuu-no-tou 法隆寺五重塔 (Nara)
Houryuuji Gojuu-no-tou 法隆寺五重塔 (Nara)
a) *kumohijiki 雲肘木 b) kumoto 雲斗
Houryuuji Gojuu-no-tou 法隆寺五重塔 (Nara)

 


 
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*kumotokyou 雲斗きょう  
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