Hanging - Kakezukuri

A structure that juts out from a mountain cliff or a river bank. It is also called kengai-zukuri or cliff-style. Famous examples include the main hall of Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto City and the Sanbutsu-ji Temple Nageire-do Hall in Misasa, Tottori Prefecture. Kiyomizu-dera Temple is known for its high stage with a kengai-zukuri structure. This hall enshrines Kannon Bodhisattva as its principal image. According to the scriptures, Kannon Bodhisattva lives in the mountains of Putaraku in the South Seas. Therefore, Kannon Halls are often built on the middle slopes of famous mountains in imitation of Mount Putaraku, and are often built with a kengai-zukuri structure with a raised floor. The Sanbutsu-ji Temple Nageire-do Hall was also built with a kengai-zukuri structure on the slope of a rock cave to enshrine Zao Gongen. In general, suspended buildings have crossbeams running vertically and horizontally under the floor to secure the pillars, a base is placed on top of the pillars, and the main body is built on top of that.

[Kudou Yoshiaki]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

山の崖(がけ)や河の岸に張り出してつくられた建造物。懸崖(けんがい)造、崖(がけ)造ともいう。京都市の清水寺(きよみずでら)本堂、鳥取県三朝(みささ)町の三仏寺投入堂(さんぶつじなげいれどう)など著名。清水寺は高い懸造の舞台がつとに知られている。この堂は観世音菩薩(ぼさつ)を本尊として祀(まつ)る。観世音菩薩は経典によれば南海の普陀洛(ふだらく)山中に住むという。したがって、観音堂(かんのんどう)は普陀洛山にあやかって、名山の中腹に建てられるために、床下を高めて懸造になる例が多い。三仏寺投入堂は蔵王権現(ざおうごんげん)を祀るために、やはり岩窟(がんくつ)の傾斜地に懸造で建てられている。懸造の建物は一般に、床下は貫(ぬき)を縦横に通して柱を緊結し、柱上に台輪（土台）を置いて、さらにその上に本体を建てている。

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