権ごん現げん造づくり

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Meanings

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.

日にっ光こう東とう照しょう宮ぐうは権ごん現げん造づくりの代だい表ひょう例れいです。

Nikkō Tōshō-gū is a representative example of Gongen-zukuri architecture.

この神じん社じゃの本ほん殿でんは権ごん現げん造づくりで建たてられています。

The main hall of this shrine is built in the Gongen-zukuri style.

Kanji

権authority, power, rights
現present, existing, actual
造create, make, structure

Related 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.

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.

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.