Kaisando
A kaisandō, also termed the Founder's Hall, is a temple structure in a Japanese Buddhist monastery complex or other temple where an image of the founding abbot and other significant teachers and Buddha ancestors are kept, along with a memorial slab. Sometimes also referred to as the Patriarch Hall or Reflection Hall, this building holds memorial services yearly on the anniversary of the death of the founding abbot.
The largest Founder's Hall in Japan is the Goei-dō in front of the Higashi Hongwanji Temple in Kyoto, Japan, one of two head temples of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism.
