TheŌbaku school of Zen arrived in Japan in the middle of the seventeenth century, several centuries after the other Zen schools, and as a consequence its temples typically have a different architecture, based on ChineseMing andQing architectures.[1]
A great example of the style isManpuku-ji in Uji, near Kyoto, whose main building, the Daiyūhōden, was built in 1668.
Another important Ōbaku temple isSōfuku-ji, built in 1629 in Nagasaki by Chinese immigrants.[1] The Daiippōmon, aNational Treasure, was built in 1644 by Chinese carpenters.[2] Rebuilt in 1694 with material imported from China, it is one of the best examples of the style.[1] Painted in typically Chinesepolychromy, it has four-step brackets ("tokyō") in the front and back, and ordinary three-step brackets on the sides.[1]
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