noun
fishing pavilion; tsuridono
In traditional shinden-zukuri architecture, a pavilion built over the water on the east or west side of the southern garden pond, used for fishing or enjoying the view. A specialized historical term.
See also: 寝殿造り
寝殿造りの庭園では、南池の東西に釣殿が設けられた。
In shinden-zukuri gardens, fishing pavilions were built on the east and west sides of the southern pond.
The architectural style (shinden-zukuri) in which 釣殿 appears as a garden pavilion.
Compound of 釣り (tsuri, 'fishing') and 殿 (dono, 'hall' or 'pavilion'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term directly describes its function as a fishing pavilion in Heian-period aristocratic residences.