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権現造り (ごんげんづくり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
Gongen-zukuri ; Shinto architectural style with connected halls
A style of Shinto shrine architecture where the main hall (honden) and worship hall (haiden) are connected by an intermediate passageway (ai-no-ma) under a single roof. Named after the Gongen (avatar) form of worship.
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The main hall of this shrine is built in the Gongen-zukuri style.
Written forms 権ごん 現げん 造づく り
Full form with okurigana; standard in architectural contexts.
権ごん 現げん 造づくり
Abbreviated form without okurigana; common in specialist writing.
Kanji 権 authority, power, rights 現 present, existing, actual Similar words 権ごん 現げん Refers to the Buddhist concept of a manifestation or avatar, often of a Buddha as a Shinto kami. 権現造り is the architectural style associated with shrines dedicated to such manifestations.
本ほん 殿でん The main hall of a Shinto shrine, which in Gongen-zukuri is connected to the worship hall.
拝はい 殿でん The worship hall, which in Gongen-zukuri shares a roof with the main hall.
Etymology From 権現 (gongen, 'avatar') + 造り (zukuri, 'construction, style'). The term derives from the architectural style used for shrines dedicated to Gongen, a syncretic Shinto-Buddhist deity.
