厨ず子し

noun

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.

• この厨ず子しには古ふるい経きょう典てんが納おさめられている。

  This miniature shrine contains old sutras.

noun

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

• 貴き族ぞくの書しょ斎さいには、書しょ物もつを収おさめる厨ず子しが置おかれていた。

  In the noble's study, a cabinet with double doors for storing books was placed.

noun

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

• 沖おき縄なわでは、厨ず子しに先せん祖ぞの骨ほねを納おさめる風ふう習しゅうがある。

  In Okinawa, there is a custom of placing ancestors' bones in a carved stone container called 厨子.