660 JP - Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area (1993)

Brief Description

"There are around 48 Buddhist monuments in the Horyu-ji area, in Nara Prefecture. Several date from the late 7th or early 8th century, making them some of the oldest surviving wooden buildings in the world. These masterpieces of wooden architecture are important not only for the history of art, since they illustrate the adaptation of Chinese Buddhist architecture and layout to Japanese culture, but also for the history of religion, since their construction coincided with the introduction of Buddhism to Japan from China by way of the Korean peninsula."

法隆寺地区的佛教古迹
"在奈良县的法隆寺地区，约有48座佛教建筑，其中有一些建于公元7世纪末至8世纪初，是世界上现存最古老的木结构建筑。这 些木结构建筑杰作的重要性不仅仅在于它们展现了中国佛教建筑与日本文化的艺术融合历史，还在于它们标志着宗教史发展的一个重要时期，因为修建这些建筑的时 候正是中国佛教经朝鲜半岛传入日本的时期。"
Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/660

Courtesy of elbe from postcrossing forum

JP660-1 Horyu-ji - Chumon Gate

JP660-2 Hokki-ji