Shōsōin
The Shōsō-in (正倉院) is a Japanese treasure house in the Tōdai-ji temple complex at Nara[1] It is close to the building which houses the Great Buddha (Diabutsuden).
It is the oldest museum structure in the world.[2]
History
[change | change source]The earliest objects in the Shōsō-in were put there by Empress Kōmyō (701–760). The collection includes artifacts from the arts and crafts of the Tempyō era.
The building was built in the "log-cabin style" (校倉, azekura) with a raised floor raised floor (高床式, takayuka-shiki).
References
[change | change source]Other websites
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Media related to Shōsōin at Wikimedia Commons
- Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō), Imperial Household Agency page for Shōsōin (in Japanese)
- University of California, Irvine, Shosoin Imperial Repository. Archived 2009-07-15 at the Wayback Machine
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