Lit. "Hall of Dreams." A large octagonal hall *hakkakudō 八角堂, in the east precinct of Hōryūji Tōin 法隆寺東院 in Nara. The stone podium *kiso 基礎, and the body of the building date from 739. It is the only extant octagonal hall to employ a railing between each pair of steps. The roof construction underwent radical changes in 1230 which included the addition of a hidden roof, creating a steeper pitch. Cantilevers *hanegi 桔木 were inserted to allow a counter balance between the downward thrust of the roof load and the natural upward thrust that it renders to the eave ends. The original interior was simple and used 3-on-1 bracket complexes and shallow eaves. The 13th-century remodeling produced a complicated structure and deeper eaves. The exterior has simple 3-on-1 bracket complexes both atop the corner pillars and also at the center in between them. There are both base rafters *jidaruki 地垂木 and flying rafters *hien daruki 飛檐垂木. The rafters are all closely spaced *shigedaruki 繁垂木, and the roof is tiled *hongawarabuki 本瓦葺. Like the octagonal halls *Saiendō 西円堂 at Hōryūji, the Eizanji Hakkakudō 栄山寺八角堂 (757), and Kōfukuji *Hokuendō 興福寺北円堂 (1210), all in Nara, the Yumedono has descending ridges *kudarimune 降棟, and short offspring ridges *chigomune 稚児棟. These are built up with layers of tile and each ridge terminates at the rear side of an ogre tile *onigawara 鬼瓦. A very famous sculpture, the only extant statue of *Guze Kannon 救世観音 is housed in the Yumedono.