Entsu Sansoudo - Entsu Sansoudo

Japanese: 円通三匝堂 - えんつうさんそうどう
Entsu Sansoudo - Entsu Sansoudo

...The original name was Sanso-do (so means to go around), and Eisa-do is a popular name derived from the shape of the tour route. The existing Entsu Sanso-do (1796) of the former Shoshu-ji Temple in Aizu-Wakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture, has a hexagonal plan and three stories, with ramps for ascending and descending, along which the Kannon statues of the Thirty-Three Temples of the Western Provinces are placed. The Kannon Hall of Chozen-ji Temple (1763) in Toride City, Ibaraki Prefecture, and the Hyaku Kannon Hall of Sogen-ji Temple (1793) in Ota City, Gunma Prefecture, have a square plan and two stories on the outside, but the inside is three stories, and visitors can tour the Kannon statues along a clockwise path. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Entsu Sanso-do" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…本来の名称は三匝堂(さんそうどう)(匝は巡るの意味)で,栄螺堂は巡路の形状に由来する俗称である。現存する福島県会津若松市の旧正宗寺の円通三匝堂(1796)は,六角平面で3層の堂内に昇降のスロープを設け,それにそって西国三十三所の観音像を安置する。茨城県取手市の長禅寺観音堂(1763)や群馬県太田市の曹源寺百観音堂(1793)は,方形平面で外観は2層であるが,内部を3層につくり,右回りの通路にそって観音像を巡拝できるようになっている。…

※「円通三匝堂」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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