{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.ch-zuya","code":"thing-q1069667","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q1069667/","name":"chōzuya","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.2.0-wave.4","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.BLT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"A water ablution pavilion at the entrance of a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple in Japan, sheltering a stone basin called a chozubachi with ladles, where visitors rinse their hands and mouth in the purification rite of temizu before approaching the sanctuary; the chozuya is typically a small roofed structure on four posts, often with a dragon-shaped spout.","purpose":"Let an agent explain the chozuya and the temizu rite, relay architecture, etiquette and history from Japanese religious and architectural sources, describe variations, and distinguish the chozuya from the basin itself, from Buddhist and Shinto sanctuaries and from garden water features such as the tsukubai.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Entrance position","Purification function","Roofed basin","Ladles and spout"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What a chozuya is.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What is a chozuya, and how does it differ from the chozubachi basin, the tsukubai and the sanctuary?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the question about the structure, the rite or shrine visiting?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"rite","name":"Rite","description":"The temizu rite.","findings":[{"id":"rite-finding","name":"Rite","description":"Rite.","questions":[{"text":"How is temizu performed step by step, and what does it 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the site permits it."],"requiresHuman":["Any repair or change to the structure of a chozuya."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["The chozuya belongs to a living religious practice, not a tourist feature.","Shared ladles and water need hygiene that respects the rite."],"affectedParties":["Worshippers","Shrine and temple priests","Visitors"]},"owners":{"steward":"The shrine or temple that owns it; cultural property authorities where it is listed.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q24398318","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"religious building","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"Shinto shrine","type":"related","note":"and Buddhist temple precincts"},{"target":"chozubachi","type":"related","note":"the stone basin"},{"target":"tsukubai","type":"related","note":"a tea garden basin"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.ch-zuya","Wikidata: Q1069667 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