shinsenjo　神饌所

KEY WORD :　architecture / shrines

Also called gokuusho 供御所 or goryouya 御料屋; also nieden or niedono 贄殿. The place where food for the gods is prepared at a Shinto shrine. Priests carry the food from the shinsenjo to the front of the closed doors of the main sanctuary *honden 本殿, which are opened only when an important ceremony or festival is held. Ceremonial customs vary from shrine to shrine. See *kashigidono 炊殿. Various structures are usually attached to the shinsenjo. One such building is a place for cooking called a *kamadodono 竈殿. Another where the actual offering of any remaining food takes place is called the moridono 盛殿. The shinsenjo has an entrance for general use and one from which the offering is made. The floors are either hard-packed earth or plank depending upon their function. One at Nikkou 日光 in Tochigi prefecture is 7 bays × 3 bays and had a hip and gable roof *irimoya-zukuri 入母屋造, but is now roofed with copper. Examples: Kamo Mioya Jinja Gokuusho 賀茂御祖神社供御所 (1628) in Kyoto; Nikkou Toushouguu Otabisho Shinsenjo 日光東照宮御旅所神饌所 (1686) in Tochigi prefecture.

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