shi-in 子院
KEY WORD : architecture / buildings & structures
 
A subsidiary temple belonging to the main temple and serving as the founder's mausoleum. This arrangement is most frequently found in Zen 禅 sect temples.
 
 

 
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*tatchuu 塔頭 
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