Next to Horin-ji Temple in Ikaruga, Nara, there is a workplace for Mitsuo Ogawa ridge. Ogawa (1946) is a direct apprentice of Tsunekazu Nishioka, famous for the reconstruction of Horyuji Temple, Horin-ji Temple, Yakushi-ji Temple, etc. Ogawa came to Yakushi-ji Temple on a high school school excursion from Yaita, Tochigi Prefecture, and was refused on the spot in hope of becoming a disciple.

　Ogawa, who was finally allowed to become a disciple, decided to make a model of the five-storied pagoda of Horyuji Temple for study while studying under Nishioka ridge. When I found my spare time for work, I had been working at night for almost three years. The scale is 1/20, based on the actual measurement map at the time of major repairs in Showa, the size of each small wooden frame is faithfully measured, and the door is carved and accurately restored.

"I intended to play at first, but this was a miserable job."

"Because I did it, I put my effort into it. There is no one who sees such a place."

"It's fun to play so far,"

"It's a man's job."

–Could you make another one?

"No, I'm no longer young,"

"If you get a bride and learn the taste of sake, you won't be patience anymore."

　The village of Ikaruga was full of spring bamboo, lotus flowers.

five-storied pagoda model of Horyuji Temple (main building 1F) produced by Mitsuo Ogawa.