Ishi-no-ma-zukuri (石の間造), also calledgongen-zukuri (権現造),yatsumune-zukuri (八棟造) andmiyadera-zukuri (宮寺造), is a complexShinto shrine structure in which thehaiden, or worship hall, and thehonden, or main sanctuary, are interconnected under the same roof in the shape of an H.[1]
The connecting passage can be calledai-no-ma (相の間),ishi-no-ma (石の間), orchūden (中殿) ("intermediate hall").[2] The floor of each of the three halls can be at a different level. If theai-no-ma is paved with stones it is calledishi-no-ma, whence the name of the style. It can, however, be paved with planks ortatami. Its width is often the same as thehonden's, with thehaiden from one to threeken wider.[2]
This style, rather than the structure of a building, defines the relationship between member structures of a shrine. Each member then belongs to a particulararchitectural style. For example, thehonden andhaiden at Ōsaki Hachiman Shrine (大崎八幡宮,Ōsaki Hachiman-gū) are single-storied,irimoya-zukuri edifices.[3] Because they are connected by a passage calledishi-no-ma and are covered by a single roof, however, the complex is classified as belonging to theishi-no-ma-zukuri style.
One of the oldest examples isKitano Tenman-gū inKyoto.[1] Thegongen-zukuri name comes fromNikkō Tōshō-gū inNikkō, which enshrines the Tōshō Daigongen (Tokugawa Ieyasu) and adopts this structure.[2]
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