YATSUMUNEZUKURI

'Eight-roofed style'. 'Eight' is used figuratively to mean 'large' and yatsu-mune shrines usually have five- or seven-part roofs. It refers to a shrine architectural style (-zukuri) exemplified by theKitanoTenmangu in Kyoto. It is a a development of thegongen-zukuristyle, with a small room (ishi-no-ma, room of stone) connecting thehondenandhaiden.