hiyoshi-zukuri

{{short description|Shinto shrine architectural style}}

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{{Nihongo|Hiyoshi-zukuri or hie-zukuri|日吉造}}, also called {{nihongo|shōtei-zukuri / shōtai-zukuri|聖帝造}} or {{nihongo|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 {{nihongo|Honden Hon-gū|本殿本宮}} and the {{nihongo|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 kenThe 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. core called moya surrounded on three sides by a 1-ken wide hisashi, totaling 5x3 ken (see photo).JAANUS, [http://www.aisf.or.jp/~jaanus/deta/h/hiezukuri.htm Hie-zukuri] 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.Iwanami Kōjien Japanese dictionary, 6th Edition (2008), DVD version[http://eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp/modules/xwords/entry.php?entryID=248 History and Typology of Shrine Architecture], Encyclopedia of Shinto accessed on November 2009 The roof on the back has a characteristic shape (see photo below).

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