- 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...
- of the
Shinto religion. The
honden (本殿, meaning: "main hall") is
where a shrine's
patron kami is/are enshrined. The
honden may be
absent in
cases where...
- variable, and none of its
possible features are
necessarily present. Even the
honden or sanctuary, the part
which houses the kami and
which is the centerpiece...
- shrine's main
sanctuary (
honden) and
often built on a
larger scale than the latter. The
haiden is
often connected to the
honden by a heiden, or hall of...
-
Important Cultural Property.
front view of the
honden detail of the
honden interior of the
honden and
haiden the
honden seen from the
viewing platform A karamon...
- on
April 10, 1616,
during their Pacific journey. They
called this
atoll "
Honden Eiland" ("Dog Island"). On 30 July 1947, Thor
Heyerdahl and his six-man...
- are the main gate (楼門, rōmon, "tower gate") and the main
shrine (御本殿, go-
honden).
Behind them, in the
middle of the mountain, the
inner shrine (奥宮, okumiya)...
- Motonari, lord of Chōshū Domain, who was
responsible for
rebuilding the
honden in 1571. As a
result of
waging war
against Sue
Takafusa there in 1555, Motonari...
- of
Sekigahara in 1600
until the
Meiji Restoration in 1868. In 1651 the
honden of the
shrine was
rebuilt in the gongen-zukuri
style by
Tokugawa Iemitsu...
-
which gave the name of The
Great Shrine or The
Grand Shrine. The main hall (
honden)
bears an
enormous chigi (scissor-shaped
finials at the
front and back ends...
