shōden 正殿

Keywords
Architecture
Buildings
Structures

Also pronounced seiden.

1 The center building of a palace, also called omotegoten 表御殿.

2 Another term for Shishinden 紫宸殿, Kyoto Gosho 京都御所, reconstructed in 1855.

3 A shrine building dedicated to the principal deity. See *honden 本殿.