来迎柱らいごうばしら

noun

round pillars flanking the wall behind a shumidan dais

Buddhist architectural term referring to the two round pillars placed on either side of the wall behind the shumidan (須弥壇) altar platform.

See also: 須弥壇

• 本ほん堂どうの須しゅ弥み壇だんの後うしろに、来迎らいごう柱ばしらが二に本ほん立たっている。

  Behind the shumidan in the main hall, two raigō-bashira pillars stand.