Shōsō-in

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The Shōsō-in

The Shōsō-in ( Japanese 正 倉 院 ) is an old wooden building in the azekura log cabin style, which houses the treasures of the emperor Shōmu (701-756) and the empress Kōmyō (701-760), but also objects from the Tempyō period. The Shōsō-in originally belonged to the Tōdai-ji in Nara (Japan) and is located on its site in the northwest of the Daibutsu Hall. The building is one of the National Treasures of Japan and a World Heritage Site .

Overview

Dedication list of the Tōdai-ji, 756

The core of the collection consists of around 110 pieces that Empress Kōmyō donated to the Vairocana Buddha on Tōdai-ji on the occasion of the death of her husband, Emperor Shōmu . Most of the total of 8,000 objects were only added in the middle of the Heian period , i.e. after 1100.

The collection reflects the taste of the time, with many objects from Central Asia coming here via the Silk Road and showing the aesthetics of the Asian continent at the time. It can be divided into the following object groups: musical instruments, medicine, household items, weapons, books and maps, writing tools, toys, eating utensils, Buddhist objects, cult objects, clothing and jewelry, etc. a.

After the building had been administered by the Tōdai-ji for more than 1000 years, it came under the administration of the Ministry of the Interior ( 内務 省 Naimushō ), then the Ministry of Agriculture and Trade ( Handel 商務 省 Nōshōmushō ) and finally the Imperial Court Office .

In 1963, the last objects were relocated to two treasure houses built for this purpose on the same site, the Higashi-Hōko ( 東 宝庫 ) and the Nishi-Hōko ( 西 宝庫 ), so that the large building located in the north of the complex is now empty stands.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ The Azekura style ( 校 倉 造 り ~ zukuri ) is a log cabin style that was mainly used for storage buildings of temples from the Nara period .

literature

  • S. Noma (Ed.): Treasure House of Ancient Japan - Shōsōin . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993, ISBN 4-06-205938-X , pp. 1412, 1413.

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Coordinates: 34 ° 41 ′ 30.7 "  N , 135 ° 50 ′ 18.8"  E