Enmyoji Temple Monks' Quarters

A Reception Building with a Formal Entrance

The Enmyoji Temple Monks' Quarters (圓明寺僧寮) is a carefully built reception building of the mid-Meiji period in Inuyama, Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on August 13, 2012 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency records a single-storey timber building with a tiled roof and a building area of 90 square metres; registration number 23-0352.

A Formal Entrance of Fine Timber

The monks' quarters of Enmyoji stand between the main hall and the priests' quarters; it is a single-storey timber building with a gabled roof of plain tiles and a gabled formal entrance on the east, facing the main hall (Agency for Cultural Affairs). A one-bay corridor runs along the east side, with four rooms, including a four-and-a-half-mat room, on the west.

It is a carefully built reception building, with fine timber used around the entrance (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Why It Was Registered

The Agency registered the building for its contribution to the historic landscape.

What to Look For

Look for the gabled formal entrance built of fine timber (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Visiting

It is owned by Enmyoji Temple (Agency for Cultural Affairs). No official information on public access was found. The main hall, priests' quarters, monks' quarters, bell tower and gate are introduced together on the Enmyoji Temple page.