JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE IN KYOTO

NINNA-JI TEMPLE No.2

• Shinden. This is started to construct in 1911(Meiji44) and finished in 1914(Taisho 3).
  
• The south half of a Shinden is a public space and the north half is a private space. This Shinden has a taste of a palace and the style of architecture is the mixture of Shinden-zukuri and Shoin-zukuri.

• Interior of Shinden.
• In this picture, the interior is composed by the Chodai, the Chigai-dana and the Toko-no-ma.
  Chodai is originally a bedroom behind the door which is left part in the picture.
  Toko-no-ma is originally a place to decorate flowers and drawings for buddhism ceremony. Chigai-dana is a designed shelf placed between Chodai and Toko-no-ma in the picture.

[No.1]Entrance, Garden in Hojo	: [No.2]Shoin (Main building)
[No.3]Garden, Reimei-den	: [No.4]Tea houses hitou-tei 1
[No.5]Tea houses hitou-tei 2	: [No.6]Tea houses Ryokaku-tei

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