1. Temples & Icons of Medieval Japan

2. Temples & Pagoda at Horyuji (7th CE)

3. Horyuji Entrance (founded 607 CE)

4. Horyuji Golden Hall & Pagoda (Approach)

5. Horyuji Golden Hall & Pagoda

6. Bodhisattva Kannon

7. Roof Detail

8. Golden Hall (Detail)

9. Golden Hall (Detail)

10. Lecture Hall

11. Horyuji Storage House

12. Horyuji Chapel (8th century)

13. Kongo Rikishi Guardian 1

14. Kongo Rikishi Guardian 2

15. 2. Glimpses of Todaiji (8 th CE)

16. Golden Hall at Todaiji (built in 751)

17. Bonten (=Brahma) of the same period

18. Old Monk at Todaiji (Shunjobo Chogen)

19. “Healing Monk” at Todaiji

20. 3. Pure Land Tradition in Late Heian & Kamakura Periods (11th-13th CE)

21. Heian Phoenix Hall (Byodo-in) at Uji (11th CE)

22. Inside Phoenix Hall-- Amida Buddha

23. Seated Amida (late 12th CE)

24. Amida’s paradise (Kamakura Period)

25. Amida’s Paradise (detail)