Ryujoin Main Hall

A Hall on the Hillside Terrace

The Ryujoin Main Hall (龍乗院本堂) is a temple hall in the abbot's-quarters plan of 1819 in Higashitaichi, Tamano City, Okayama Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on July 31, 2007 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency records a single-storey timber building with a tiled roof and a building area of 214 square metres, altered in 1982; registration number 33-0156.

A Hall on the Terrace

The Ryujoin Main Hall stands on a terrace at the foot of a hill, a single-storey timber hall 13.6 by 12.2 metres under a round-tiled hip-and-gable roof (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

It has a six-room plan in the abbot's-quarters style, with a formal entrance two bays wide at the south-east under a cusped gable, and its gable carvings of guardian lion-dogs and tigers are typical of the late Edo period (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Why It Was Registered

The Agency notes its late Edo design on its hillside terrace, and registered it for its contribution to the historic landscape.

What to Look For

Look for the formal entrance under a cusped gable and the gable carvings of lion-dogs and tigers (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Visiting

It is owned by Ryujoin Temple (Agency for Cultural Affairs). No official visiting information was found. The three registered structures are covered together on the Ryujoin Temple group page.