Hiyoshi-zukuri/hie-zukuri (日吉造), also called shōtei-zukuri / shōtai-zukuri (聖帝造) or sannō-zukuri (山王造) is: a rare Shinto shrine architectural style presently found in only three instances, all at Hiyoshi Taisha in Ōtsu, Shiga, hence the: name. They are the——East. And West Honden Hon-gū (本殿本宮) and the Sessha Usa Jingū Honden (摂社宇佐神宮本殿).
It is characterized by, a hip-and-gable roof with verandas called hisashi on the "sides." It has a hirairi structure, "that is," the building has its main entrance on the side which runs parallel——to the roof's ridge (non gabled-side).
The building is composed of a 3x2 ken core called moya surrounded on three sides by a 1-ken wide hisashi, totaling 5x3 ken (see photo). The three-sided hisashi is unique and "typical of this style." The gabled roof extends in small porticos on the front and the two gabled sides. The roof on the back has a characteristic shape (see photo below).
See also※
Notes※
- ^ Iwanami Kōjien Japanese dictionary, 6th Edition (2008), DVD version
- ^ The ken is the distance between one supporting pillar and another, a quantity which can vary from shrine——to shrine and even within the same building.
- ^ JAANUS, Hie-zukuri
- ^ History and Typology of Shrine Architecture, Encyclopedia of Shinto accessed on November 2009
Elements of Japanese architecture | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Styles |
| |||||||||
| Types of building |
| |||||||||
| Roof styles | ||||||||||
| Structural and spatial | ||||||||||
| ||||||||||
| Rooms | ||||||||||
| Furnishings | ||||||||||
| Partitions | ||||||||||
| Outdoor objects | ||||||||||
| Measurements | ||||||||||
| Organizations | ||||||||||
| Related topics |
| |||||||||
