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Izumo Taisha's honden, closed to the public. In Shinto shrine architecture, the honden (本殿, main hall), also called shinden (神殿), or sometimes shōden (昇殿) as in Ise Shrine's case, is the most sacred building at a Shinto shrine, intended purely for the use of the enshrined kami, usually symbolized by a mirror or sometimes by a statue.
The composition of a Shinto shrine. The following is a list and diagram illustrating the most important parts of a Shinto shrine: Torii – Shinto gate; Stone stairs; Sandō – the approach to the shrine; Chōzuya or temizuya – place of purification to cleanse one's hands and mouth; Tōrō – decorative stone lanterns
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 gates are some which are used both in a Shinto shrine and a Buddhist ...
Kasuga-taisha (春日大社) is a Shinto shrine in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. [1] It is the shrine of the Fujiwara family , established in 768 CE and rebuilt several times over the centuries. The interior is famous for its many bronze lanterns, as well as the many stone lanterns that lead up to the shrine.
In Shinto shrine architecture, a heiden (幣殿, offering hall) is the part within a Shinto shrine's compound used to house offerings. It normally consists of a connecting section linking the honden (sanctuary, closed to the public) to the haiden (oratory). [1]
A gongen-zukuri shrine. From the top: honden, ishi-no-ma, haiden.In yellow the ridges of the roofs. 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 ...
Hand it over to the Sphinx to answer this riddle and receive three Ferrystones as a reward. The Sphinx’s Second Location in Dragon’s Dogma Frontier Shrine, the Sphinx's second location in ...
This is a list of notable Shinto shrines in Japan. There are tens of thousands of shrines in Japan . Shrines with structures that are National Treasures of Japan are covered by the List of National Treasures of Japan (shrines) .