Zenshūyō is a Japanese Buddhist architectural style derived from Chinese Song Dynasty architecture. Named after the Zen sect of Buddhism which brought it to Japan, it emerged in the late 12th or early
Kōzan-ji's butsuden in Shimonoseki
Japanese Buddhist architecture is the architecture of Buddhist temples in Japan, consisting of locally developed variants of architectural styles born in China. After Buddhism arrived from the contine
Zenshūyō
…Zenshūyō (禅宗様, "Zen style") is a Japanese Buddhist architectural style derived from Chinese Song Dynasty architecture. Named after the Zen sect of Buddhism which brought it to Japan, it emerged in the…
Kamakura-period statue of Thousand-armed Kannon at Sanjūsangen-dō in Kyoto, Japan.
The roof is the dominant feature of a Buddhist temple.
A reconstruction of Asuka-dera's original layout
Part of Tōshōdai-ji's garan (left to right, the kon-dō, the kō-dō, and the korō)