Honden (TCG)

Honden (本殿 main hall) was the most sacred building at a Rokugani shrine, Risen from the Flames, by Robert Denton III where the shintai was housed and the sacred artifacts were kept. Only priests, shrine keepers, shugenja, and the Emperor might enter it. Honden were sometimes built into the worship hall or set into a natural feature of the shrine, such as a cave or pond. Some rural shrines might not even have a honden, such as the Shrine of the Ki-Rin and the Shrine to Sengen. In these cases, a statue or other such object fulfilled the honden's function. Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, p. 153
Category:Rokugani Language (TCG)