, also called or is a rare Shinto shrine architectural style presently found in only three instances, all at Hiyoshi Taisha in Ōtsu, Shiga, hence the name. They are the East and West and the .
It is characterized by a hip-and-gable roof with verandas called hisashi on the sides. It has a hirairi structure, that is, the building has its main entrance on the side which runs parallel to the roof's ridge (non gabled-side).
The building is composed of a 3x2 kenThe ken is the distance between one supporting pillar and another, a quantity which can vary from shrine to shrine and even within the same building. core called moya surrounded on three sides by a 1-ken wide hisashi, totaling 5x3 ken (see photo).JAANUS, Hie-zukuri The three-sided hisashi is unique and typical of this style. The gabled roof extends in small porticos on the front and the two gabled sides.Iwanami Kōjien Japanese dictionary, 6th Edition (2008), DVD versionHistory and Typology of Shrine Architecture, Encyclopedia of Shinto accessed on November 2009 The roof on the back has a characteristic shape (see photo below).
See also Glossary of Shinto
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