ABOUT TWO METHODS ON COMPOSITION OF THE MAIN BUILDINGS OF OBAKUSHU BUDDHIST TEMPLES IN KYUSHU DISTRICT

Abstract

There are two methods of the lay-out of the main buildings of Obakushu Buddhist temples in Kyushu district. The one is the lay-out in Kara-dera (Buddhist temples for the Chinese in Nagasaki). In this lay-out the main buildings face to the small courtyard paved by stone. The other is the lay-out in Buddhist temples which have a building for the priests to sit in meditation and were founded after A. D. 1661, when Manpuku-ji was established as one of branches of Buddhism schools in Japan. This lay-out takes triangular position with Daiyuhoden (the building for the priests to worship Buddha), Senbut-sujo (the building for the priests to sit in meditation) and Zen'etsudo (the building for the priests to eat together).