Sakaguchi Ango / what should be conserved / burn down the temples / Datong wall
I will start here, headed nowhere in particular. Sakaguchi Ango suggests Horyu-ji might as well be torn down to accommodate a parking lot or, if absolutely necessary, be replaced with a barracks-style prefabricated block.
He is writing in early 1942, on the verge of widespread destruction. He might not agree with the strategists that spared Kyoto and Na…
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