IKARUGA, Nara Prefecture--Horyuji temple here will hold a limited public showing in May of its precious Buddhist mural paintings, which were scorched in a fire at the Kondo main hall in 1949 ...

Digitized images of 363 original glass photographic plates showing seventh-century murals from Horyuji temple before they were damaged in a 1949 blaze will be available online from July 22.