Abstract
The aim of this paper is to show whether Shishinden of Heian-Dairi, built in 794, had kept most of the original structures without going through any substantial remodeling until the first fire in 960, by the re-examination of records related to the repairs of Heian-Dairi from 794 to 960. In this paper, Part II, the records of repairs of Heian-Dairi which were undergone after 876 are examined. The results obtained from this study are as follows. 1. Heian-Dairi underwent repairs in 816, 832, and 842. Each repairs extended over several months. 2. There is a good possibility that large-scale repairs of Heian-Dairi were undergone from 863 to 65, including the reconstruction of Seiryoden and Jijuden. 3. The interior of Shishinden might be furnished at the end of the 9th century. 4. The following are chief records from the end of the 9th century to 960 related to the repairs of Heian-Dairi : the destruction of Shigeisha in 915, the repairs of Seiryoden in 931, the repairs of Ryokiden and Unmeiden in 938, the destruction of Kokiden in 944, the reconstruction of Seiryoden in 948. Those repairs or reconstruction seem to have been limited to the respective buildings only, and they have not been extended to all over the Heian-Dairi. From the facts mentioned above, studies on the architecture of the Heian-Dairi in the early period require consideration from at least two distinct periods-before and after 865.
