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Shinto architecture is the architecture of Japanese Shinto shrines. With a few exceptions like Ise Grand Shrine and Izumo Taisha Shinto shrines before Buddhism were mostly temporary structures erected to a particular purpose. Buddhism brought to Japan the idea of permanent shrines and the presence of verandas, stone lanterns, and elaborate ...
In Shinto it has played a particularly significant role in preserving ancient architectural styles. [19] Izumo Taisha, Sumiyoshi Taisha, and Nishina Shinmei Shrine each represent a different style whose origin is believed to predate Buddhism in Japan. These three styles are known respectively as taisha-zukuri, sumiyoshi-zukuri, and shinmei-zukuri.
Ujigami Shrine in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture. The nagare-zukuri (流造, streamlined roof style) or nagare hafu-zukuri (流破風造, streamlined gabled style) is a traditional Shinto shrine architectural style characterized by a very asymmetrical gabled roof (kirizuma-yane (切妻屋根)) projecting outwards on one of the non-gabled sides, above the main entrance, to form a portico (see photo). [1]
Ishi-no-ma-zukuri (石の間造), also called gongen -zukuri (権現造), yatsumune-zukuri (八棟造) and miyadera-zukuri (宮寺造), is a complex Shinto shrine structure in which the haiden, or worship hall, and the honden, or main sanctuary, are interconnected under the same roof in the shape of an H. [1] The connecting passage can be ...
The shrine is believed by many to be the oldest Shinto shrine in Japan, even predating the Ise Grand Shrine. A style of architecture, taisha-zukuri, takes its name from the main hall of Izumo-taisha. That hall, and the attached buildings, were designated National Treasures of Japan in 1952. According to tradition, the hall was previously much ...
Tsuridono (釣殿) Shinden-zukuri (寝殿造) refers to an architectural style created in the Heian period (794－1185) in Japan and used mainly for palaces and residences of nobles. [1] In 894, Japan abolished the kentōshi (Japanese missions to Tang China), distanced itself from Chinese culture, and brought into bloom a culture called ...
The daiwa or Inaritorii(大輪鳥居・稲荷鳥居)(see illustration above) is a myōjin toriiwith two rings called daiwaat the top of the two pillars. The name "Inari torii" comes from the fact that vermilion daiwa toriitend to be common at Inari shrines, but even at the famous Fushimi Inari Shrinenot all toriiare in this style.
Shinmei-zukuri. A building at Ise Shrine. Shinmei-zukuri (神明造) is an ancient Japanese architectural style typical of Ise Grand Shrine 's honden, the holiest of Shinto shrines. [1] It is most common in Mie Prefecture. [2]