Yumedono　夢殿

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Lit. Hall of Dreams. A large octagonal hall *hakkakudou 八角堂, in the east precinct of Houryuuji Touin 法隆寺東院, in Nara. The stone podium *kiso 基礎, and the body of the building date from 739. It is the only extant octagonal hall to employ a railing between each pair of steps. The roof construction underwent radical changes in 1230 which included the addition of a hidden roof, creating a steeper pitch. Cantilevers *hanegi 桔木, were inserted to allow a counter balance between the downward thrust of the roof load and the natural upward thrust that it renders to the eave ends. The original interior was simple and used 3-on-1 bracket complexes and shallow eaves. The 13c remodeling produced a complicated structure and deeper eaves. The exterior has simple 3-on-1 bracket complexes both atop the corner pillars and also at the center in between them. There are both base rafters *jidaruki 地垂木, and flying rafters *hiendaruki 飛檐垂木. The rafters are all closely spaced *shigedaruki 繁垂木, and the roof is tiled *hongawarabuki 本瓦葺. Like the octagonal halls *Saiendou 西円堂 at Houryuuji, the Eizanji Hakkakudou 栄山寺八角堂 (757), in Nara, and Koufukuji 興福寺 *Hokuendou 北円堂 (1210), also in Nara, the Yumedono has descending ridges *kudarimune 降棟, and short offspring ridges, *chigomune 稚児棟. These are built up with layers of tile and each ridge terminates at the rear side of an ogre tile *onigawara 鬼瓦. A very famous sculpture, the only extant statue of *Guze Kannon 救世観音 is housed in the Yumedono.

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