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Aizendō 愛染堂

An octagonal hall *hakkaku endō 八角円堂, at Sanshōji 三聖寺 in…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
akaiya 閼伽井屋 ✓

Also called wakasaiya 若狭井屋. A small structure that enclosed two wells from which water was drawn to serve the…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
amidadō 阿弥陀堂

A hall in a Buddhist temple dedicated to *Amida 阿弥陀 (Sk: Amitabha), the Buddha…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
Fudōdō 不動堂

A hall in a Buddhist temple dedicated to the deity *Fudō Myōō 不動明王 (Sk:…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
fugendō 普賢堂 ✓

Also called Shigatsudō 四月堂; *Sanmaidō 三昧堂. A Buddhist temple in which the main deity…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
fukurō 複廊 ✓

A double corridor that was two bays, *ken 間, wide. Window frames with vertical…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
fūsuryō 副寺寮

Also called fūsu 副寺. An administrative office often found in part of a Zen temple kitchen, *…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
futamunerō 二棟廊

A long, wide, double-bay corridor with an open ceiling, *keshō yaneura…

Architecture, Buildings

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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