Temple
Shitennoji Temple Koudo / Kondo
Orchestration of space by casting lights onto the storytelling of the wall paintings
Client
Completion
Electrical planning
Location
Shitennoji Temple
www.shitennoji.or.jp
Sep 2018
Tennohji Denki Kougyo-sho
Tennohji-ku, Osaka, Japan
View on Google MapsShitennoji, the first Buddhist temple in Japan, is located in Osaka. In the Lecture Hall "Koudo", where 11-face Kannon Bodhisattva and Amida Nyoraiza are worshiped, the wall paintings telling the story of Buddhism being past eastward are softly illuminated by indirect LED lightings.