shouden　正殿

KEY WORD :　architecture / buildings & structures

Also pronounced seiden. 1　The center building of a palace, also called omotegoten 表御殿. 2　Another term for Shishinden 紫宸殿, Kyoto Gosho 京都御所, reconstructed in 1855. 3　A shrine building dedicated to the principal deity. See *honden 本殿.

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