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Architecture
Shrines
Lit. "a place to go into seclusion." A shrine or temple where priests or laymen can retire alone to pray. However, special buildings were not usually constructed for this purpose. Formerly and even nowadays, especially in small country shrines, various parts of a shrine are used for seclusion and referred to as sanrōsho. These include: the worship hall, *haiden 拝殿; the inner or middle gate *chūmon 中門; the side wings *yokurō 翼廊 which extend from either side of a central gate, and other buildings. An example is a building called Igoden 忌子殿 at Kamikamo Jinja 上賀茂神社, Kyoto, constructed in 1628. This has an interior which is divided into two rooms; it was used exclusively by young women.