noun
site of a Buddhist mortuary tablet
Refers to the location or altar where a Buddhist memorial tablet (位牌) is placed, typically in a temple or home butsudan.
お寺の位牌所に先祖の位牌が安置されている。
The ancestral mortuary tablets are enshrined at the temple's tablet site.
仏壇 is a household Buddhist altar that often contains 位牌, whereas 位牌所 can refer to a dedicated area within a temple or a specific site for tablets.
Compound of 位牌 (ihai, 'mortuary tablet') and 所 (sho, 'place'). The reading いはいじょ follows standard on'yomi.