Bairin Tenmangu Shrine Main Hall

A Main Hall Crowned with Carving

The Bairin Tenmangu Shrine Main Hall (梅林天満宮本殿) is a hip-and-gable main hall of the late Edo period in Tsuru, Tamana City, Kumamoto Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on September 19, 2003 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency records a single-storey timber hall roofed in copper sheet, with a building area of 21 square metres; registration number 43-0054.

A Main Hall with a Three-Bay Porch

The Bairin Tenmangu Shrine Main Hall is a hip-and-gable hall 3 bays wide and 2 deep, with a porch 3 bays wide at the front and a veranda along the front and both sides (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Its bracket sets project two steps, the eaves have two tiers of closely set rafters, and the roof is copper sheet (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Why It Was Registered

The Agency notes that the decoration is gathered high on the building: wave-like carving in the eave coving, carved frog-leg struts between the columns, openwork brackets on the porch and cloud patterns on the tie beams; it was registered as a model of design.

What to Look For

Look up at the wave-like carving in the eave coving and the openwork brackets of the porch (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Visiting

It is owned by Bairin Tenmangu Shrine (Agency for Cultural Affairs). The four registered structures are introduced together on the Bairin Tenmangu Shrine page. No official visiting information was found.