Ishi-no-ma-zukuri

Ishi-no-ma-zukuri (石の間造), also called gongen-zukuri (権現造), yatsumune-zukuri (八棟造) and miyadera-zukuri (宮寺造), is a complex Shinto shrine structure in which the haiden, or worship hall, and the honden, or main sanctuary, are interconnected under the same roof in the shape of an H.[1] The connecting passage can be called ai-no-ma (相の間), ishi-no-ma (石の間), or chūden (中殿) ("intermediate hall").

If the ai-no-ma is paved with stones it is called ishi-no-ma, whence the name of the style.

Its width is often the same as the honden's, with the haiden from one to three ken wider.

[3] Because they are connected by a passage called ishi-no-ma and are covered by a single roof, however, the complex is classified as belonging to the ishi-no-ma-zukuri style.

One of the oldest examples is Kitano Tenman-gū in Kyoto.