HOKOKU JINJA SHRINE (SENJOKAKU PAVILION)

It seems there’s another HOKOKU JINJA in Japan and TOYOKUNI JINJA also has the same KANJI character too.

There are so many HOKOKU JINJA SHRINE in Japan. The name came from  “HOKOKU-DAIMYOJIN”  which is HIDEYOSHI TOYOTOMI’s Shingo(a title name given to a shinto name )

SENJOKAKU PAVILION is a moniler of HOKOKU JINJI, it literally meaning pavilion with one thousand Tatami mat space. However, it is actually  857 Tamami mat space. There are no Tatami mats and this name is sort of a metaphor.

Daikyo-Do is the original name of this building and changed its name in 1872, it was aimed as a Buddhist sutra chanting hall or to enclose one thousand Buddhist sutla.

DATA

Built year: 1587

Rebuilt in 1868 and 1985

Space: approx 857 Tatami mat

   Length: approx 24 meters (80 ft)

  Width: approx 15 meters (50 ft)

Why are there no walls/sealing plate in Hokoku-jinja?

This building is known as an unfinished building because Hideyoshi passed away (in 1598)during  construction.

EIKEI ANKOKUJI, was a coordinator of construction of this shrine was executed in 1600 and IEYASU TOKUNAGA, a first founder of Tokugawa shogunate was prohibited from further construction.

WALK UNDERNEATH of the BALCONY

This building is a unique structure that you can walk underneath the floorboard of a balcony.It is the only building that you can walk through underneath the balcony.

Using various Wood Tree

Generally the Cypress is used for construction in such a case and there are various kinds of woods like Campher, Ceder, Pine wood and Phyllocode. It is assumed that using various woods makes it easier to complete more quickly.