Palace-shaped altar

Japanese: 宮殿形厨子 - きゅうでんがたずし
Palace-shaped altar

...However, in the Nara period, a shrine that looked like a smaller version of a Buddhist hall was called a kuden, a stand for hanging Buddhist paintings was called a butsudai, and a box-shaped object for storing sutras and books was called a zushi. Later, zushi developed into various shapes, and are classified according to their form into kuden-gata zushi, kasuga-gata zushi, zen-style (tang-style) zushi, eclectic-style zushi, box-gata zushi, motsuko-gata zushi, portable zushi, and shelf-gata zushi. The kuden-gata zushi, along with the zen-style and eclectic-style zushi, are generally used as zushi to house the principal image of a temple and other major Buddhist statues. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "palace-style shrine" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しかし,奈良時代には仏堂を小さくしたような形の厨子を宮殿(くうでん)と呼び,仏画を掛け置く台を仏台,経巻書籍などを納入しておく箱形のものを厨子と呼んでいた。のち厨子はさまざまな形に発展し,その形式から宮殿形厨子,春日形厨子,禅宗様(唐様)厨子,折衷様厨子,箱形厨子,木瓜(もつこう)形厨子,携行用厨子,棚厨子に分類されている。宮殿形厨子に禅宗様,折衷様の厨子を加えたものが,一般に寺院の本尊をはじめとするおもだった仏像を安置する厨子として多く用いられている。…

※「宮殿形厨子」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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