Jakkoin Temple Zuigudo Hall

A Retreat Hall with Hinged Shutters

The Jakkoin Temple Zuigudo Hall (寂光院随求堂) is a house-like hall used for retreats of 1805 in Tsugao, Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on July 12, 2005 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency records a single-storey timber hall with a tiled roof and a building area of 64 square metres; registration number 23-0197.

A House-Like Exterior of Hinged Shutters

The Zuigudo of Jakkoin faces east to the west of the main hall and is linked to it by a corridor (Agency for Cultural Affairs). It is five bays by three under a hip-and-gable roof of plain tiles with single-layer eaves, with a veranda all round edged by a railing with bronze-capped posts.

Its pillars are square, the floor is raised high, and the veranda rests on carved bracket boards (Agency for Cultural Affairs). The house-like exterior, with many hinged lattice shutters around it, shows its role as a hall for retreats.

Why It Was Registered

The Agency registered the hall as a model of design.

What to Look For

Look for the many hinged shutters and the veranda with its railing (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Visiting

It is owned by Jakkoin Temple (Agency for Cultural Affairs). According to the Aichi Prefecture tourism site, the temple is open every day free of charge (prayers are charged), about 20 minutes on foot or 5 minutes by taxi from the east exit of Inuyama-yuen Station on the Meitetsu Inuyama Line, and 1 minute from the Inuyama exit of the Owari Parkway from Komaki-higashi IC on the Chuo Expressway, with parking for 50 cars. The main hall, gate, Zuigudo and Bentendo are introduced together on the Jakkoin Temple page.