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JAANUS

kami no jū 上の重

Keywords

Architecture

General Terms

Lit. upper floor. Refers to the second story of a two-storied structure. *Jū 重 means floor in this context.

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JAANUS is the on-line Dictionary of Japanese Architectural and Art Historical Terminology compiled by Dr. Mary Neighbour Parent.

Originally built by the Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation, it is now hosted and maintained by the Media Center for Art History at Columbia University