Keywords
Architecture
General Terms
Also written 嵌石. A stone panel. A component of the formal style podium *danjōzumi 壇上積 upon which temple or shrine buildings are erected. They are set vertically on long stone sleepers *jifuku-ishi 地覆石. All sides are dressed neatly. These panels are held securely in place between the sleepers and the topmost curbstones *katsura-ishi 葛石. Stone struts are added between the center steps and each corner of the podium to further secure the panels. Example: the west precinct of Hōryūji *Kondō 法隆寺金堂 (rebuilt 693, Nara). This is a two-stepped type podium. Tōshōdaiji Kondō 唐招提寺金堂(mid-8th century, Nara).