dai-ku

Updated: July 29, 2025

Along with the blossoming of the lotus in every part of the empire, bloomed the grander flowers of sculpture, of painting and of temple architecture. It was because of the carpenter's craft in building temples that he won his name of Dai-ku, or the great workman.

William Elliot Griffis - The Religions of Japan: From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji