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main hall

main building in Japanese Buddhist temples
Class type of: dō, hall Q17051413

Facts

6 properties
Subclass of
dō, hall[1][2]
Part of
Buddhist temple, Seven hall configrement of sangharama[3][4]
Contains
honzon[9]
Name in kana
ほんどう, ほんだう[6][7]
Native label
本堂[5]
Revised Hepburn romanization
hondō[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en hondō en hondoo en kondō en kondoo en main hall ar المبنى الرئيسي (بوذية يابانية) de Haupthalle de Hon-dō de Hondō de Kon-dō de Kondō es Sala Principal fa هوندو fr bâtiment principal fr Hon-dō fr Hondō fr Kon-dō fr Kondō id Balairung Utama (Buddhisme Jepang) it Butsuden
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300310627
Freebase ID
/m/05zkjp4
J9U entity ID
987012575349305171
JAANUS ID
h/hondou
Topic's main category
Category:Main Halls (Japanese Buddhism)

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🔗 Connections
← Has part(s) of the class 13
Saihō-ji Temple, Gōtoku-ji Temple, Katsuō-ji Temple, Jingo-ji Temple, Chūgū-ji Temple, Oka-dera Temple, Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Temple, Yoshimine-dera Temple +5 more
Part of 2
Buddhist temple, Seven hall configrement of sangharama
Subclass of 2
hall, dō
Contains 1
honzon
Examples 1
Sanjūsangen-dō Temple
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  8. [8] ↑ . The Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition). wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → dō, hall
    Wikidata description → main building in Japanese Buddhist temples
    Part of → Buddhist temple, Seven hall configrement of sangharama
    Topic's main category → Category:Main Halls (Japanese Buddhism)
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987012575349305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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