Chozuya - Chozuya

Japanese: 手水屋 - ちょうずや

A facility for worshippers at shrines and temples to use the water basin. They are built on the side of the approach to a temple or shrine, or in front of a hall (main building), and contain a water basin and a water basin. They are also written as chozuya, and are called chozu-dokoro, suibansha, mizuya, or mizuyakata. Usually, the pillars at the four corners are inclined upward toward the center of the floor plan, that is, four pillars are used in a four-way tilt, and the roof is open on all four sides. Most roofs are gabled or hip-and-gable, but some have large karahafu (traditional Japanese gabled roofs), such as the suibansha (national treasure) at Nikko Toshogu Shrine.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

神社･寺院への参拝者が手水を使うための施設。寺社の参道脇や堂(社殿)前に建てられ，中に手水鉢，水盤を据える。手水舎とも書き，手水所（ちようずどころ），水盤舎（すいばんしや），水屋（みずや），水屋形（みずやかた）とも呼ぶ。ふつう四隅の柱を上方で平面中心方向へ傾斜させる，すなわち四方転び（しほうころび）の4本柱とし，四方吹放ちとする。屋根は切妻，入母屋などが多いが，日光東照宮の水盤舎(国宝)のように，大きな唐破風（からはふ）をかけたものもある。

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