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奈良県明日香村小山の大官大寺（だいかんだいじ）跡
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The ruins of Daikandaiji Temple, quietly located in Oyama, Asuka Village, Nara Prefecture
大官大寺はは飛鳥時代に明日香地域で建立された寺院の中で最大といわれながら未完成のまま、ＡＣ711年に藤原京の大火によって焼失。
Daikantaiji Temple is said to be the largest temple built in the Asuka area during the Asuka Period.However, it was destroyed by fire in 711 AC in Fujiwara-kyo.
いまは、荒れ果てた草むらに案内板と石柱があるのみ
Now, there is only an information board and a stone pillar in the deserted grass.
発掘調査で伽藍配置は、中門・金堂・講堂が一列に並び、中門と金堂をつなぐ回廊のなかの東部のみに塔を配置。
According to the excavation, the layout of the temple was as follows: the middle gate, Kondo, and lecture hall were all in a row, and the pagoda was placed only in the eastern part of the corridor connecting the middle gate and Kondo.
The pagoda is located only in the eastern part of the corridor connecting the central gate and the main hall.
おそらく大安寺と同じように西部にも塔を建造する予定だったのだろう。
It was probably planned to be built in the western part of the corridor, just like Daian-ji.
回廊に囲まれる範囲は東西144ｍ南北195ｍで、東大寺の創建当初の回廊規模と同じ
The area surrounded by the cloister is 144m east-west and 195m north-south, the same size as the original cloister of Todaiji Temple.
塔の大きさも基壇は一辺約35m。塔は一辺15mあり東大寺の東塔（高さ約100m）と同程度あったことが推定されている。
The base of the pagoda is about 35 meters on a side, and the pagoda is 15 meters on a side.
It is estimated that the pagoda was about the same size as the East Pagoda of Todaiji Temple (about 100m high).
京都の東寺（とうじ）の五重塔どころではない規模だ
This is much larger than the five-story pagoda of Toji Temple in Kyoto.
大官大寺はまさに飛鳥最大の寺院だったのだろう。
Daikantai-ji must have been the largest temple in Asuka.
なお大官大寺の火災のすさまじさは、焼け落ちた垂木（たるき）が地面に突き刺さった後も燃えていたことがわかっている。
It is known that when the temple burned down, the rafters of the main hall and the middle gate were burned down and stuck into the ground.
引用／旅する明日香ネットＨＰ・現地説明板・かしはら探訪ナビなど
Quotes/Traveling Asuka Net HP, local information boards, Kashihara Exploration Navigation, etc.
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