Lit. cinnamon hall. An octagonal main hall, Hondō 本堂, of the subsidiary temple, Keikyūin at Kōryūji 広隆寺 (1251) Kyoto. It has a white, plaster-covered mound *kamebara 亀腹, underneath a plank floor on the interior that extends beyond the walls of the structure to form a simple board veranda with the cut ends exposed *kirime-en 切目縁. Each corner of the octagonal veranda is supported by a timber post set on a base stone. Each bay is 2.13 m wide. Plank doors fill four bays, and windows are set in the upper half of the four intervening bays. Three-on-one bracket complexes are positioned above each pillar. There are no struts or bracket complexes in the spaces between the posts. Base rafters *keshōdaruki 化粧垂木 and flying rafters *hiendaruki 飛檐垂木 form the eaves. The roofing is made of cypress bark *hiwadabuki 桧皮葺 and has an octagonal shaped cover *roban 露盤 to cover the ends of the eight sections at the peak of the roof. An inverted bowl-like form *fukubachi 伏鉢 is place on the roban. A ball-like decoration is set on the fukubachi and is decorated with fillagree extending from the ball in four equal sections. The smooth board ceiling slopes upward in eight triangular sections from the top of the walls. This is a most unusual arrangement. It is overall an exceptional building in its simplicity and elegance. Housed in the Keikyūin are an image of Shōtoku Taishi at 16 years old (see *Shōtoku Taishizō 聖徳太子像), Amida nyoraizō 阿弥陀如来像, and Nyoirin Kannonzō 如意輪観音像.