| The Hon-do Hall, which is now designated as a National Treasure, had been so ruined with broken floorboards and torn thatched roofs until around 1950 that it was ridiculed by saying, 'The temple is haunted.' |
現在国宝に指定されている本堂も1950年ころまでは床は落ち、屋根は破れて「化け物が出る」と言われたほどの荒れ方であった。 |