| The paintings are severely peeled, the colors on the pillars and ceiling have faded and the mother-of-pearl inlay work on the platform is damaged, but it is thought that, at the time of the temple's founding, the interior of the hall would have been a magnificent representation of how nobility imagined paradise to look. |
現在、壁画は剥落が激しく、柱や天井の装飾は色あせ、須弥壇の螺鈿は脱落しているが、創建当時の堂内は、当時の貴族が思い描いた極楽のイメージを再現した、華麗なものであったと思われる。 |