Rengeoin Hondo(sanjusangendo)蓮華王院本堂(三十三間堂)

Rengeoin Hondu(sanjusangendo) 蓮華王院本堂(三十三間堂)





Buddhist temple 1226 [仏堂] Butudou




鎌倉時代Kamakura period / National treasure World heritage









The main hall (hondo) for the temple built in the imperial villa of the retired emperor Goshirakawa .


builtin the mid-12th century ,themain hall wasdestroyed by fire and rebuilt in the mid-13th


century.


Excluding the portion adve the honzon,thetemple's principle


image of worship ,theinterion of the imposing 118.2 meter main hall employs a keshoyaneura


structure in which there is no ceiling and the roof is visible.


Reflecting the worldview of the Pure Land sect of Senju Kannon,thebodhisattva of compassion.






657Sanjusangendo-mawari-cho,Higashiyama-ku,KyotoCity.openDaily.8:00-16:30


(From Nov 16 through Mar 31 ; 9:00-1500). Admission fee ; 600 yen.