Jijuden - Jijuden

It is also read as "Jinjuden". It is the name of a palace in the Heian Palace. It is located north of Shishinden and was also called Chuden. It is a south-facing building with cypress bark roofing, seven bays from east to west and four bays from north to south, and has eaves on all four sides. It is divided into east and west by a horse path that runs through the middle. Between Shishinden and Jinjuden is a terrace, where ceremonies were held and where nobles could cool off in the summer. Jinjuden was once the emperor's daily residence, and at the eastern end of the southern wing was a limestone altar where the emperor performed religious ceremonies, but from the mid-Heian period it was replaced by Seiryoden, and Jinjuden was used for New Year's banquets and poetry contests, and sumo matches were held in the eastern garden.

[Sanae Yoshida]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

「じんじゅでん」とも読む。平安宮内裏(だいり)の殿舎の名。紫宸殿(ししんでん)の北にあり、中殿(ちゅうでん)ともよばれた。檜皮葺(ひわだぶ)きで東西7間、南北4間の四面に廂(ひさし)がある南向きの建物。中央を通る馬道(めどう)で東西に分けられる。紫宸殿との間は露台(ろだい)で、儀式の座が設けられたり、夏に公卿(くぎょう)たちがここで涼をとったりした。仁寿殿はかつて天皇の日常の居所で、南廂の東端には天皇が神事を行う石灰壇(いしばいのだん)があったが、平安中期からは清涼殿がこれにかわり、仁寿殿では正月の内宴や歌合(うたあわせ)などが催され、東庭で相撲(すもう)が行われるなどした。

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