Keywords
Architecture
Shrines
Also written 皇子造. A style of construction used for a Shinto shrine sanctuary *honden 本殿. Also sumigi-iri kasuga-zukuri 隅木入春日造. Ōji-zukuri sanctuaries are constructed in the kasuga style *kasuga-zukuri 春日造 with the addition of hip rafters *sumigi 隅木. Examples include Kumano Hongū 熊野本宮 and Kumano Nachi Jinja 熊野那智神社, both in Wakayama Prefecture.