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of shallow pitch, jutting widely from the walls but without overhanging them. The second roof is visible only from under the eaves and is therefore called a "hidden roof" (giving its name to the whole structure) while the first roof is externally visible and is called an "exposed roof" in English and
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This structure not only solved drainage problems, but eliminated deep shadows and gave the whole temple a feel that was very different from that of its ancestors of the Asian continent. It was as a consequence extremely successful and was widely adopted all over the country. One important exception
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has a square roof over a rectangular footprint. Ways were also found to make use of the space between the two roofs. For example, at Jōruri-ji in Kyōto (1107) part of the Hon-dō's ceiling was raised above the rest to give space to the room. Later, it would become common to raise the exposed roof
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In origin they were necessary to support the roof above, however at the end of the 10th century the invention of the hidden roof, which had its own hidden supporting structure, made them superfluous. They remained in use, albeit in a purely decorative role, assuming a variety of forms, and are
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as aesthetic elements. From the hidden roof projected the principal rafters of the shallow-pitched eaves. The structural elements of the outer roof were raised above this, with an outer inclination completely independent of the pitch of the eaves. The earliest extant example of hidden roof is
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continued to evolve after new techniques imported from China and Korea together with Buddhism around the 6th century. Climate in Japan being different from that on the continent, several structural adaptations became necessary, the most important of which is the
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Because the hidden roof allowed the structure of the roof to be changed at will with no impact on the underlying building, its use gave birth to many structural innovations. For example,
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would enter the building and would then be visible from below. Above the rafters would be laid directly on the roofing material, for example wood shingles. This is the structure of
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which, although arrived in Japan from China at the end of the 12th century, thus well after the invention of the hidden roof, never adopted it. Also, although all extant
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The same evolution we have seen in Buddhist architecture can be seen in the roofs of several Shinto architectural styles it influenced. The
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style, which arrived roughly at the same time of the Daibutsuyō, adopted the hidden roof only some time after its arrival.
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The solution devised by Japanese artisans was to construct a hidden roof raised above a ceiling which had non-structural
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Another of the repercussions of the invention of the hidden roof was the role change undergone by struts, called
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A hidden roof: an extremely slanted roof with practically horizontal eaves (Ebisu-dō, Honkaku-ji,
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Hōryū-ji's Daikō-dō, built in 990 and was discovered only in the 1930s during repair work.
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in Japanese. Invented in Japan during the 10th century, its earliest extant example is
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all followed the evolution path we have seen. All extant examples of the ancient
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were simply structural elements left visible by design. See for example
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Section of a temple's roof showing the inner structure of a hidden roof
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is the technical term for the space between the roof and the ceiling.
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remained in use, albeit with a purely decorative role.
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Before the invention of the hidden roof, the so-called
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provided in the intervals between bracket complexes (
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Hōryū-ji's Daikō-dō is the earliest extant example of
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Index


Kamakura
Buddhist temples
Shinto shrines
eaves
Hōryū-ji


Japanese architecture
Nara period
eaves
Hōryū-ji
kon-dō
five-storied pagoda
rafters

Daibutsuyō
Zen
Zenshūyō
Fuki-ji

kasuga-zukuri
nagare-zukuri
hachiman-zukuri
hie-zukuri
shinmei-zukuri
taisha-zukuri
sumiyoshi-zukuri

Hōryū-ji

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