miniature Buddhist shrine with double doors
Used in Buddhist contexts to store sutras, statues, or other sacred items. Often found in temples or home altars.
This miniature shrine contains old sutras.
cabinet with double doors (for books, etc.)
Historical term for a cabinet used by the nobility to store books or valuables. Not in common modern use.
See also: 厨子棚
carved stone container for ancestral bones (Okinawa)
Specific to Okinawan funerary customs; a decorated stone ossuary, often shaped like a small house.
See also: 厨子甕
In the noble's study, a cabinet with double doors for storing books was placed.
In Okinawa, there is a custom of placing ancestors' bones in a carved stone container called 厨子.
Standard kanji spelling for all senses.
Kyūjitai form; included for search coverage.
Borrowed through the Buddhist vocabulary from Chinese 廚子, originally meaning a cabinet or cupboard and later a small enclosed shrine. The characters are semantic elements of the Chinese word.