' The genealogy of Syotoku-Tishi ' click enlarge.









Kan-i-12-Kai
A.D.603,Taishi gave 12 honorable grade to Gozoku .They were given 6 colors of headdresses according to their grade. Each colors had each meanings people had to keep as their belief which came from teachings of Confucius.They were Toku , Jin , Rei , Shin , Gi and Chi . For example, purple showed 'Dai-toku ' or 'Syo-toku .'Blue showed 'Dai-jin ' or 'Syo-jin .'
People said Taishi learnt such style from Korean countries.

17jyo-(no)-Kenpoh
A.D.604,Taishi made 17 rules by himself to show Gozoku a mental attitude as an officer.
Forst; A harmony should be respected.You should make it a rule not to go against Oh-kini or father or friends.People depend on each other.But quite a few people notice it. Therefore people go against Oh-kimi or their father or their neighbors.Once people talk over it is good thing or not peacefully and friendly,things go well of itself.
The second; You have to respect Triratona-Buddha,dhalma and sangha.
The thrird; When you have the edict from Oh-kimi,you should have it deferentially. Once officers obey Oh-kimi,peolpe behave similarly...

Ken-Zui-Shi
A.D.607,Taishi sent envoys to the Emperor Yodai of Zui.One of the envoy Ono-no-Imoko passed him a message from Taishi.
It said, 'The son of Heaven from the country of rising sun send the message to the son of Heaven in the country of setting sun....'
Yodai was angered at his message.But he answered him because he was afraid that Japan would be confederate with Koguryo in Korea then.

Horyu-Ji

Horyu-ji[Sai-in]

Sai-in ;Gojyu-no-toh ,Kondo ,Dai-kodo ,Tyu-mon ,Kairo ,etc,.
Toh-in ;Yume-dono etc,.
We call these groups of architectures 'Horyu-Ji.'
Kondo is the oldest wooden architecture of the world. The architectures of Sai-in were built by Syotoku-Taishi (original;A.D.607?)
Among these architectures,there is a 'school' where once people had studied Buddhism.Hokekyo-Gisyo,the handwriting (sutra) by Taishi and other many sutra are kept in Horyu-Ji.
Nihon-syoki says Horyu-Ji were consumed by fire in 670. Now people think they were rebuilt after the fire.
From 1934 to 1981,they were repared by skilled workers. (The carpenters who build temples or shrines are called Miya-daiku.)
Tsunekazu Nishioka ,a famous Miyadaiku,said in his book,'Miyadaiku in Asuka period could get superior wood...These wood have lived over 1000 years. Now it is impossible for us to search for such wood in Japan. 'He went to Taiwan and walked in the forests to get superior timber.

Tamamushi-no-Zushi

One of the treasures of Horyu-Ji.'Zushi' is a case of an image of Buddha. Under the carved metals, thouthands of Tamamushi's wings were used.
drawing; Buddha threw his body before mother and her baby tigers.

Gojyu-no-tho

Do you know the reason why people built a tower like Gojyu-no-toh? They kept small Buddha's bone called Shari under the main pillar. On 1926, six pieces of Shari in a case were found under the Gojyu-no-toh.