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JAANUS

gejōseki 下乗席

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Architecture

Gardens

Lit. dismounting stone. A type of keystone *yakui-shi 役石, stepped on when getting out of a carriage.

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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