Horyu-ji

Horyu-ji is a Buddhist temple complex in Nara Prefecture, Japan, preserving early examples of Japanese timber architecture. Horyu-ji's main hall, pagoda, gates, and corridors reveal the adaptation of continental Buddhist building traditions through construction, bracketing, and precinct planning. Horyu-ji's surviving buildings and continuing temple tradition provide evidence of the relationship between early Buddhism, craftsmanship, and architectural development in Japan.