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JAANUS

monbashira 門柱

Keywords

Architecture

General Terms

Also read monchū. Posts or pillars to which gates are attached.

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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