shrine building for votive picture tablets
A building at a Shinto shrine where ema (votive picture tablets) are hung. The term is rare; most people simply refer to the ema hanging area without a specific building name.
In the shrine grounds, many votive tablets were hung in the ema hall.
Compound of 絵馬 (ema, 'votive picture tablet') and 殿 (den, 'hall' or 'palace'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term straightforwardly describes a hall for ema.