Keywords
Architecture
General Terms
Lit. "a pillar lavishly decorated with cloisonne." Pillars embellished with a variety of materials and techniques: intricate filigree of gold or silver; inlaid mother-of-pearl; Buddhas, bodhisattvas, animals, plants, cloud and dragon patterns and geometrical motifs applied with paint or lacquer. Such decoration appears on an octagonal pillar at the Octagonal Hall *hakkakudō 八角堂 (8th century) Nara; patterns of Buddhas on pillars at Tōshōdaiji *Kondō 唐招堤寺金堂 (8th century) Nara; Byōdōin *Hōōdō 平等院鳳凰堂 (1053) Kyoto; Chūsonji *Konjikidō 中尊寺金色堂 (1124) Iwate Prefecture and Tōdaiji Daibutsuden 東大寺大仏殿, Nara.