Tile-built foundation

...There are only a few examples of brick foundations, made by piling up bricks, equivalent to modern bricks, besides Mino Kokubunji Temple in Gifu Prefecture. Tiled foundations are made by piling up half-cut tiles, and many of their origins can be traced back to Korea, including the abandoned temple of Baekje Gunmori. In Japan, they became widespread in the second half of the 7th century, mainly in Omi and Yamashiro, such as the abandoned Minami Shiga Temple and Sōfuku-ji Temple in Shiga Prefecture and Kōrai-ji Temple in Kyoto Prefecture.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "tile foundation" is listed below.

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…今の煉瓦にあたる塼を積みあげた塼積基壇は，岐阜県の美濃国分寺のほか数例をかぞえるにすぎない。瓦積基壇は，半截した瓦を積みあげるもので，百済軍守里廃寺をはじめ朝鮮にその源流を多くもとめることができる。日本では7世紀後半に，滋賀県の南滋賀廃寺，崇福寺，京都府の高麗寺など，近江，山城を中心に各地に普及した。…

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