Journal of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Engineering (Transactions of AIJ)
Online ISSN : 2433-0043
Print ISSN : 0910-8017
ISSN-L : 0910-8017
THE HISTORICAL MEANING OF DOHGURA (STORAGE ROOM IN BUDDHIST MAIN TEMPLE)
Ryuji KURODA
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1993 Volume 444 Pages 139-147

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1) The administrator of 'DOHGURA' was 'NEN-YO', who was a priest holding an administrative position in the cooperative organization of Japanese medieval Buddhist temples. 2) The property administrated by the temple's cooperative organization was called 'BUTSU-MOTSU' (the property of Buddha) 3) However temples did not have 'DOHGURA' in ancient times, there were various ways to store temple's Property such as 'DOHGURA' in medieval times. 4) Main temples that had 'DOHGURA' were the new type of main temples in medieval times, and those had an important meaning in relation to the management of temples and to the society of monks.
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© 1993 Architectural Institute of Japan
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