Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to make clear the distribution of the types of plans and the development of the main hall of Buddhist temples of the Sodo Zen sect in the middle Edo period. The contents of this paper are as follows. Introduction. 1) Distribution of the types of plans mainly in Tokai and Koshin districts. 2) Stability of the plans and construction, and emergence of the kaizando (the room to lay the statue of the founder of temple) and ihainoma (the room to lay the ancestral tablets of parishioner) in the main hall. 3) Development of the design of daima (the reception hall) and naijin (the sanctuary), and that of kaizando and ihainoma. 4) Development of three structural systems above the unfloored passageway and the front veranda. Conclusion.
