Kozenji Temple Kuri (Priests' Quarters)

Kozenji Temple Kuri (Priests' Quarters)

The Kozenji Temple Kuri (Priests' Quarters) (興禅寺庫裏) is a building of 1830 at Kozenji in Haguro, Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture, and it was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property on December 1, 2003, under registration number 23-0062. The Agency for Cultural Affairs records it as a timber building, single storey with part two storeys, with a tiled roof and a building area of 312 square metres.

Why It Was Registered

The Kozenji Temple Kuri (Priests' Quarters) was registered as a model of design. According to the Agency, it is a gabled building with a tiled roof, running north to south east of the main hall.

It is divided into a reception wing on the west and living quarters on the east, each arranged from the front as earth floor, boarded room and tatami rooms; the earth floor and boarded room of the living quarters have been converted into Western-style rooms.

What to Look For

Look at the roof framing shown on the gable end. According to the Agency, rainbow beams, a large vase-shaped strut and curved tie beams appear there, and the raised smoke-vent roof catches the eye.

Dating from 1830, it is the oldest of Kozenji's three registered buildings and shows the late Edo face of a temple rebuilt after it burned down in 1680.

Visiting

The temple's history and access are on the Kozenji Temple (Haguro, Inuyama) page. No official information was found on access to the interiors.