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A kaisandō (開山堂, kaisandō?), also termed the Founder's Hall, is a temple structure in a Zen Buddhist monastery complex or other Buddhist school where an image (or images) of the founding abbot and other significant teachers and Buddha ancestors are kept,[1] along with a memorial slab (J. ihai). Sometimes also referred to as the Patriarch Hall (J. soshido) or Reflection Hall (J. Eishitsu), this building holds memorial services yearly on the anniversary of the death of the founding abbot.[2]
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- ^ Kinoshita, 58
- ^ Baroni, 95
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