Kuri (kitchen)

A kuri (庫裏, lit.

warehouse behind) or kuin (庫院, lit.

warehouse hall) is the kitchen of a Zen monastery,[1] typically located behind the butsuden (or, Buddha Hall).

Historically the kuri was a kitchen which prepared meals only for the abbot and his guests, though in modern Japan it now functions as the kitchen and administrative office for the entire monastery.

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