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Yumedono
("Hall of Dreams"), a building in the
Hōryū-ji
Buddhist
temple complex in
Ikaruga
,
Nara Prefecture
,
Japan
. The hall, which was built in 739, acquired its common name in the
Heian period
, in keeping with a legend that says a
Buddha
arrived as
Prince Shōtoku
, who had originally commissioned the temple, and meditated in a hall that existed there.
Photo:
Frank J. Gualtieri, Jr.
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