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JAANUS

kaidan 戒壇

Keywords

Architecture

Buildings

Structures

A platform or dais used for the Buddhist ordination ceremony.

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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