Zensuiji Temple Main Hall
Zensuiji Temple Main Hall (interior)
Zensuiji Temple Main Hall
JAPAN, Shiga, Konan
Zensuiji Temple belongs to the Tendai school of Buddhism. The present main hall was reconstructed by monk Enkai in 1364 during the Nanbokucho period. The hall was listed as a National Treasure in 1954.
The seven-by-five bay hall has a single-eave hip-and-gable roof covered with cypress bark. The building has a veranda on three sides. The eaves are supported by double rafters. There are lattice doors in the central bays, while the others have lattice walls and windows which can be lifted upward. At the front of the hall there are thick round columns with supporting beams. The interior of the hall has wooden floorboards, and the swirling decorations carved on the bracket sets are very noticeable. It is divided into a worshipping area and the inner shrine. A statue of a seated Medicine Buddha is enshrined within a niche on an altar in the inner shrine.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture T-Z, page 1389.
Cite this article:
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Johnson, Peter and Mankuang and Lancaster, Lewis,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture T-Z},
pages = 1389,
title = {{Zensuiji Temple Main Hall}},
volume = 4,
year = {2016}}