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. It is very often used in Japanese Buddhism as a suffix in the name of some of the many buildings that can be part of a Japanese ''temple compound''. (Other endings, for example -''den'' as in ''butsuden'', exist.) The prefix can be the name of a deity associated with it (e.g. ''Yakushi-dō'', a name customarily translated as "Yakushi Hall") or express the building's function within the temple's compound (e.g. ''hon-dō'', or main hall).〔Hall names are capitalized only when they refer to specific examples (e.g. XX-ji's Main Hall) or include proper names of deities (e.g. Yakushi-dō).〕 Some words ending in -''dō'' are ''Butsu-dō'', ''hō-dō'', ''hon-dō'', ''jiki-dō'', ''kaisan-dō'', ''kō-dō'', ''kon-dō'', ''kyō-dō'', ''mandara-dō'', ''miei-dō'', ''mi-dō'', ''sō-dō'', ''Yakushi-dō'' and ''zen-dō''. With some exceptions, for example the words ''hondō'', ''hokke-dō'' and ''kon-dō'', these terms do not indicate any particular structure. The suffix is used sometimes also in a lay context, as for example in the word . A ''dō's'' size is measured in ''ken'', where a ''ken'' is the interval between two pillars of a traditional-style building. A ''kon-dō'' for example is a 9x7 ''ken''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.aisf.or.jp/~jaanus/deta/k/kondou.htm )〕 The word is usually translated in English as "bay" and is better understood as an indication of proportions than as a unit of measurement. ==Types== *''Amida-dō'' (阿弥陀堂) - a building that enshrines a statue of Amida.〔 *''daishi-dō'' (大師堂) - lit. "great master hall". A building dedicated to Kōbō Daishi (Shingon) or Dengyō Daishi (Tendai).〔 *''hattō *'' (法堂) - lit. ''Dharma'' hall". A building dedicated to lectures by the chief priest on Buddhism's scriptures (the ''hō'').〔Iwanami Japanese dictionary, 6th Edition (2008), DVD version〕 *''hō-dō'' (法堂) - see ''hattō''. *''hokke-dō *'' (法華堂) - lit. "Lotus Sūtra hall". In Tendai Buddhism, a hall whose layout allows walking around a statue for meditation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.aisf.or.jp/~jaanus/ )〕 The purpose of walking is to concentrate on the ''Lotus Sũtra'' and seek the ultimate truth.〔 *''hon-dō *'' (本堂) - lit. "main hall", it is the building that houses the most important statues and objects of cult.〔 The term is thought to have evolved to avoid the term ''kon-dō'' used by six Nara sects (the ''Nanto Rokushū'')〔 for their main halls. Structurally similar, but its inner less strictly defined. *''jiki-dō *'' (食堂) - a monastery's refectory.〔 *''kaisan-dō'' (開山堂) - founder's hall, usually at a Zen temple. Building enshrining a statue, portrait or memorial tablet of the founder of either the temple or the sect it belongs to. Jōdo sect temples often call it ''miei-dō''.〔 * ''kō-dō *'' (講堂) - lecture hall of a non-Zen ''garan''.〔 *''kon-dō *'' (金堂) - lit. "golden hall", it is the main hall of a ''garan'', housing the main object of worship.〔 Unlike a ''butsuden'', it is a true two-story building (although the second story may sometimes be missing) which measures 9x7 bays.〔 *''kyō-dō'' (経堂) - see ''kyōzō''. *''kyōzō'' (経蔵) - lit. "scriptures deposit". Repository of sūtras and books about the temple's history.〔 Also called ''kyō–dō''. *''mandara-dō'' (曼荼羅堂) - lit. "hall of mandalas", but the name is now used only for Taimadera's Main Hall in Nara.〔 *''miei-dō *'' (御影堂) - lit. "image hall". Building housing an image of the temple's founder, equivalent to a Zen sect's ''kaisan-dō''.〔 *''mi-dō'' (御堂) - a generic honorific term for a building which enshrines a sacred statue.〔 *''rokkaku-dō'' (六角堂) - a hexagonal temple building. An example of this type of structure gives its nickname to Kyoto's Chōhō-ji, better known as Rokkaku-dō. *''shaka-dō'' (釈迦堂) - lit. Shakyamuni hall. A building enshrining a statue of Buddha.〔 *''sō-dō *'' (僧堂) - lit. "monk hall". A building dedicated to the practice of ''zazen''.〔 It used to be dedicated to all kinds of activities, from eating to sleeping, centered on ''zazen''. *''soshi-dō'' (祖師堂) - lit. "patriarchs hall". A building dedicated to the ''soshi'', important teachers and priests.〔 *''Yakushi-dō *'' (薬師堂) - a building that enshrines a statue of Yakushi Nyorai.〔 *''zen-dō *'' (禅堂) - lit. "hall of Zen".〔 The building where monks practice ''zazen'', and one of the main structures of a Zen ''garan''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dō (architecture)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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