
Premodern Sonic Security Systems: the Nightingale Floor
Wed Nov 13 2019 by Carolyn Stevens
This a recording of a temple located in Ohara, just outside Kyoto, named Sanzenin. An important site for the Tendai school of Buddhism, this large complex houses many artistic and religious treasures. One of the compound buildings featured a uguisubari (translated as ‘nightingale floor’). This kind of flooring was...>>