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higuchi 灯口

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Architecture

Lanterns

Also 火口. Openings around the flame holder *hibukuro 火袋 of a lantern, through which the light shines.

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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