shaden Shrine building

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shaden 社殿 main Shrine building

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Keidaichi　境内地
Land on which a shrine located. The term shrine encompasses in this case the immediate shrine buildings as well as other constructions and edifices located on its grounds. Furthermore, shrines require land and space to maintain the shrine's dignity and places to perform rites and for public worship. This land and space is called the keidaichi.

An older term for keidaichi is shiishi.
These terms do not necessarily refer only to the sacred space of a shrine in the narrow sense, such as the shaden (the main shrine buildings) and the sandō (the entrance path to a shrine).

But in 1871, following the order for shrine and temple lands to be returned to the court (Shajiryō jōchi rei), all shrine lands other than the keidai were to be returned, and the keidai became legally defined as we know it today: an area limited to the immediate surroundings of the shrine buildings.

Before World War II there were legal limits on the size of the keidaichi. Imperial and National shrines (kankoku heisha) were limited to 5,000 tsubo (a tsubo equals about 3.3 square meters), prefectural shrines to 1,500 tsubo, district shrines (gōsha) to 1,000 tsubo, and village shrines to 700 tsubo. Acquisition of land that exceeded these limits required government permission.

The keidaichi is defined in the Religious Corporations Law (Shūkyō Hōjinhō) as follows:
(1) the land on which shrine buildings sit;
(2) the sandō (approach to a shrine);
(3) land and fields used for ritual;
(4) gardens, forests, and other land used to maintain the shrine's dignity; and
(5) land historically connected to the shrine.

source : Sakamoto Koremaru, Kokugakuin


At the front of the main shrine (shaden), there is an offertory box and a bell. After making an offering (saisen) and sounding the bell, shrine-goers then offer prayers and thanksgiving to the kami.
This is generally done with two bows of respect, two successive claps, and one final bow.
source : Kokugakuin



source :　itafusa.com/myoujinn
Shaden at 神田明神 Kanda Myojin, Tokyo



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Shrine Buildings (Jinja Shaden)
Jinja in Japanese refers to a location, not to a building.
MORE
Essentials of Shinto: an analytical guide to principal teachings
Stuart D. B Picken
source : books.google.co.jp


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The architecture of the main building varies a lot, with respect to various Shinto groups and in the course of time.
The most important types will be featured with introduction of the main shrine.


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. Shrine, Shinto Shrine (jinja　神社) - Introduction .


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涼しさや湖風ぬける空社殿
suzushisa ya umikaze nukeru kara shaden

this coolness -
the breeze from the sea blows
through the empty Shrine building

Kooda Rohan, Kōda Rohan 幸田露伴 Koda Rohan

There are many shrine buildings close to the sea or a lake in Japan.
The large lake Biwako is also called umi in poetry.

And the most famous shrine "on the water" is
. Itsukushima Jinja 厳島神社 . on the island of Miyajima 宮島, Hiroshima.


. WKD : Rohan Ki 露伴忌 Rohan Memorial Day .




Futa-ara-yama jinja 二荒山神社, Nikko - carp decoration in the beams of the shaden

Look at more photos from
source : 4travel.jp/domestic


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おぼろ夜の妙見社殿朱塗りにて
oboro yo no Myooken shaden shunuri nite

the vermillion red
of the Myoken Shrine building
on a hazy spring night

Matsumoto Yoohei 松本陽平 Matsumoto Yohei



source :　s_minaga/myoken48


. WKD : Myooken Bosatsu 妙見菩薩 Myoken Bosatsu K .
Originally a deification of the Polestar (hokushin 北辰).


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. keidai 境内 shrine precincts .


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