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written 店棚造. Also dashimise-zukuri 出し店造. A very small shrine building,
one bay wide, within the precincts of a larger shrine. Usually near the
main sanctuary *honden
本殿, it is characterized by the absence of front entrance steps leading to
the doors of the sanctum. Usually the misedana-zukuri is 1 x 1 bay
*ikkensha-zukuri
一間社造 (approximately 60cm×150cm), but some are 1 x 2 bays, nikensha 二間社,
1 x 3 bays, sangensha 三間社, and at least one is 1 x 7 bays shichigensha
七間社. Instead of the steps, a shelf *tana
棚, is extended from approximately the level of the sanctuary itself to provide
access to the shrine. These buildings usually have an elongated eave style
gable *nagare-zukuri
流造, and have front eaves that project considerably to give additional support.
Examples are found at Hakusan Jinja 白山神社 (1305) in Nagano prefecture.
The elongated eave is supported by posts that have boat-shaped brackets
*funahijiki 船肘木,
and an eave purlin *dashieta
出桁. At Nishina Shinmeiguu 仁科神明宮 in Nagano prefecture, the misedana-zukuri has simple gable
roofs *kirizuma yane
切妻屋根, and for that reason no added support is necessary for the front eave.
The shelf rests on extended tie beams that run from the rear posts to the
front posts. Shrines in misedana style are placed on sills or footplates
*dodai 土台, usually with
their ends extended. The use of footplates as a base for very small shrines
may have existed before the method of sinking pillars directly into the
ground *hottatebashira
堀立柱, or placing pillars on base stones. See *mikoshiyadori
御輿舎. It is believed that like small shrines in the Kasuga style *kasuga-zukuri
春日造, misedana-zukuri shrines may have rested on footplates so that
they could be transferred easily to a different location. In any case, such
small shrines, especially those constructed on footplates, would have been
an ideal place in which to house a deity who was believed to be among the
people for only a short time during a festival. Examples include: Ookuwamura
Hakusan Jinja Honden 大桑村白山神社本殿; Nishina Shinmeiguu Keidaisha
仁科神明宮境内社; Hakusan Jinja Honden 白山神社本殿 (1334), 1 x 1 bay,
all in Nagano prefecture; Nishigoori Jinja Sessha Tenjinja Honden 錦織神社摂社天神社本殿 (1363) in
Osaka ; Kongoubuji Sannouin Honden Souja 金剛峯寺山王院本殿総社 (after 1523) in Wakayama prefecture, 3×1 bays with 1- bay deep peripheral area *hisashi
廂, across the front forming the shelf, and Nanguu Jinja Sessha Shichiouji
Jinja Honden 南宮神社摂社七王子神社本殿 (1642) in Gifu prefecture, 7 x 1 bays. See *senzasai 遷座祭. |
