Card/Transcription No.: 239-01

239 FOURTH (INNERMOST) SHRINE

POSITION:    
Within the third (inner) shrine, No. 238.

DIMENSIONS:
The shrine was not a true rectangle, but the following
dimensions will  suffice to show its size: - ground (i.e.
base) measurement.
L. W.
293.5 x 162 cents.
The sides and ends show a batter (i.e. receding slope from the
ground upwards) of about 3.33 cents per 1 metre vertical. Max.
measurement: L. 309 x W. 181 cents - i.e. extreme edges of
cornice.
Total height: 195.5 cents, including roof.

DESCRIPTION: 
Constructed of wood, covered with gesso, and overlaid with
thin sheet gold.
The shrine was made up of 7 sections - 1 roof section, which
includes the cornice; 1 N. side panel; 1 S. side panel; 1 east
end frame and 2 doors; 1 west end panel - which were morticed
and tenoned together.