IKARUGA, Nara Prefecture—Japan’s oldest Buddhist paintings moved a step forward to their first public display since they were badly damaged in a 1949 fire at Horyuji temple here. But it could ...

The pictures were included in an academic book published in 1918 about Horyuji temple. “The plates are ... and an expert on the ancient history of Japan. “Some of the plates, including those ...

Continue your explorations of Nara's seven temples at the Horyuji Temple, which is one of the oldest in Japan and includes a ...

This celebrated documentary, filmed in colour, depicts one of the most famous of all Japanese temples. Horyu-ji, in the small town of Ikaruga outside Japan’s ancient capital of Nara, was one of ...

Nishioka, known as "the last temple carpenter," handled the major Showa-era repairs of Horyuji temple, and in 1990 was at the scene of the reconstruction work for Yakushi temple.