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kaitomoshi 掻灯

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Architecture

Lanterns

Also *tsuridōrō 釣灯籠. Lanterns, usually made of metal, hung in the corridors of palatial residences.

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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