a kyōzō (scriptures deposit, library)." These are the seven listed as shichidō elements of a temple. A 15th-century text describes how Zen school temples (Sōtō (), Rinzai ()) included a butsuden or butsu-dō (main hall), a hattō (lecture hall), a kuin (kitchen/office), a sō-dō (building dedicated to Zazen), a sanmon (main gate), a tōsu (toilet) and a yokushitsu (bath). Common temple features Butsuden or Butsu-dō (仏殿・仏堂) – lit. "Hall of Buddha". A Zen temple's main hall. Seems to have two stories, but has in fact only one and measures either 3×3 or 5×5 bays. Any building enshrining the statue of Buddha or of a bodhisattva and dedicated to prayer. chinjusha (鎮守社/鎮主社) – a small shrine built at a Buddhist temple and dedicated to its tutelary kami. chōzuya (手水舎) – see temizuya. chūmon (中門) – in a temple, the gate after the naindaimon connected to a kairō. See also mon. dō (堂) – Lit. hall. Suffix for the name of the buildings part of a temple. The prefix can be the name of a deity associated with it (e.g. Yakushi-dō, or Yakushi hall) or express the building's function within the temple's compound (e.g. hon-dō, or main hall). See also 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. garan – see shichi-dō garan. hattō (法堂) – lit. "Dharma hall". A building dedicated to lectures by the chief priest on Buddhism's scriptures (the hō). hōjō (方丈) – the living quarters of the head priest of a Zen temple. Hokke-dō (法華堂) – lit. "Lotus Sūtra hall". In Tendai Buddhism, a hall whose layout allows walking around a statue for meditation. The purpose of walking is to concentrate on the Hokekyō and seek the ultimate truth. honbō (本坊) – residence of the jushoku, or head priest, of a temple. kairō (回廊・廻廊) – a long and roofed portico-like passage connecting two buildings. 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. karamon (唐門) – generic term for a gate with an arched roof. See also mon. karesansui (枯山水) – lit. dry landscape. A Japanese rock garden, often present in Zen temples, and sometimes found in temples of other sects too. katōmado (華頭窓) – a bell shaped window originally developed at