%0 Journal Article
%T Design methods of rotating sutra-case cabinets: a comparative study of the architectural technic books of China and Japan
%A Lina Yu
%J Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.1080/13467581.2019.1626734
%X ABSTRACT The rotating sutra-case cabinet is a wooden revolving bookshelf used for storing sutras in Buddhist temples, introduced from China into Japan during the Japanese medieval period. Besides the extant examples, specifications of sutra-case-cabinets can also be found in the architectural technic books of both countries, such as the Yingzao fashi ( IÔ취ʽ) of the Chinese Northern Song dynasty and the kiwari sh¨­ (ľ¸î•ø) of the Japanese Edo period. In this paper, the author discovers the design modules and dimensional plans of the rotating sutra-case cabinets by analyzing the specifications in the architectural technic books. The paper uncovers different methods used for designing the rotating sutra-case cabinets in China and Japan. A parallel constitution in dimensional plan is found in the Yingzao fashi, while in the Japanese kiwari sh¨­ the dimensional plans present a pyramid-shaped constitution. Furthermore, it is presumed that the differences between the Yingzao fashi and the kiwari sh¨­ are due to the editorial backgrounds and organizations. Graphical Abstrac
%U https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13467581.2019.1626734