Nishi Hongan-Ji

Arashiyama Heian Jingu Higashi Hongan-Ji Imperial Palace Kinkaku-ji Kiyomizudera Nijŏ-Jŏ Nishi Hongan-Ji Okazaki Shrine Sanjusangendo Tŏ-Ji Kyoto 1966

Nishi Hongan-Ji

headquarters of the
True Pure Land school of Buddhism
Kyoto, Japan

 

 

Daisho-in Hall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

plan of the complex

 

looking to the East gate

 

 

 

the chain is the rain drain into the barrel

 

 

 

 

 

 

roof dragon

 

more roof detail

 

 

 


South gate

 

 

 

 

 

 


Arashiyama Heian Jingu Higashi Hongan-Ji Imperial Palace Kinkaku-ji Kiyomizudera Nijŏ-Jŏ Nishi Hongan-Ji Okazaki Shrine Sanjusangendo Tŏ-Ji Kyoto 1966

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