Abstract
Chaper 1 : Chumon (the south inner gate in front of Four Main Shrines). Three corridors (in front of the Four Main Shrines). Nejiriro (the rising corridor at the west side of the Four Main Shrines). Chaper 2 : Heiden (the offering hall) & Maidono (dancing stage) of the Main Shrine. Chaper 3 : Naoraidono (the Banquet hall). Chaper 4 : Utsushidono (used to house the godly presences kept in the Four Main Shrines while these are being rebuilt). Chaper 5 : Hoko (the storehouse of the godly treasure). Chaper 6 : Nanmon (the south gate). Keigamon, Sojomon, Naijimon (these small gates on the west side corridor) and the Kairo (corridor). Chaper 7 : Chakutoden (usedas a resting place for important visitors such as the Shogun or Emperor). Summary Chaper 8 : Kamadono (kitchen hall). Chaper 9 : Sakadono (the sake-brewery hall). Chaper 10 : Gokusho (refectory). Chaper 11 : Jinguji (a shrine and temple on the same compound). Chaper 12 : Toto (the eastern five-storied pagoda). Chaper 13 : Saito (the western five-storied pagoda). Chaper 14 : Haisha of Wakamiya Shrine (the worship hall). Chaper 15 : Onro. Hosodono. Kagurasho of Wakamiya Shrine (new used only during festivals otherwise nothing is contained within). Chaper 16 : Chozuya (place for wates used in purification ceremony). Conclusion This paper describes the history of each of these buildings in the Kasuga Shrine, in reference to the question of the Style and its relationship to the age in which they were built and to their importance in the organization of Shinto Shrine architecture at both the Kasuga and Kamo Shrines.
