Kanzeonji Temple Style Garan Layout

...The layout of the temple at the time of its founding can be seen from the existing foundation stones, the results of excavation surveys, and the Kanzeonji Asset Register from 905 (Engi 5). A corridor connects the lecture hall and the inner gate, and the temple is laid out in the Hokkiji-style, with the main hall to the west and the tower to the east, but the main hall facing east is distinctive, and it is known as a Kanzeonji-style layout, along with Sofukuji Temple in Omi and Tagajo Ruined Temple in the Tohoku region. These buildings are further surrounded by an embankment connecting the South and North Great Gates, and the Kaidan-in Temple is located in the southwest corner of this. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Kanzeonji-style temple layout" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…創建時の伽藍配置は現存する礎石，発掘調査の成果，905年(延喜5)の《観世音寺資財帳》などで知ることができる。講堂と中門を回廊で結び，その中に西に金堂，東に塔を並列させる法起寺（ほつきじ）式の伽藍配置をとるが，東を向く金堂に特徴があり，近江の崇福寺，東北の多賀城廃寺とともに観世音寺式伽藍配置として知られている。これらの建物はさらに南大門と北大門を結ぶ築地で囲まれ，その南西隅に戒壇院が設けられている。…

※「観世音寺式伽藍配置」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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