奉ほう安あん殿でん

noun

school building for housing an imperial photograph and the Imperial Rescript on Education (pre-WWII)

Historical term referring to a small, often shrine-like structure found in Japanese schools before World War II, used to store the emperor's portrait and a copy of the Imperial Rescript on Education.

• 戦せん前ぜんの学がっ校こうには、奉ほう安あん殿でんが設もうけられていた。

  Before the war, schools had a Hōanden.