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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
Nageiredō 投入堂 ✓

Also once known as Zaōdō 蔵王堂. The Nageiredō is a small building, constructed in the overhang style kake-zukuri 懸造,…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
naidō 内堂

Buddhist priests' living quarters. Higher-ranking priests had two rooms one behind the other. The inner room was called the…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
nanto shichidaiji 南都七大寺

Lit. "southern capital seven great temples." A generic expression in use by the 8th century referring to the seven great…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
narabidō 双堂 ✓

Also read sōdō. Twin buildings in the grounds of a Japanese temple that are of equal length, but not necessarily of…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
narabigura 双倉 ✓

Also read sōsō. Lit. "twin storehouses." Two storehouses of the same size placed so that the space between was the…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
nenbutsudō 念仏堂 ✓

A hall within the precinct of a Buddhist temple used for the purpose of training Buddhist monks to meditate on and recite…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
Nigatsudō 二月堂 ✓

Lit. "second month hall." A temple widely known for its famous ancient festival called omizutori お水取り in March…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
nijū butsudō 二重仏堂

A term that can be applied to any temple or shrine building etc., which has either a double roof, a skirting *…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
nikairō 二階廊

A second story corridor. A corridor of this type is thought to have first existed at Tōfukuji 東福寺, in Kyoto established in…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
niōdō 二王堂

A building or often a gate that enshrines the two guardian deities, protectors of Buddhism. They are generally placed at the…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
nishimuro 西室

West dormitory. In the 7th and 8th centuries, some temples had monk's quarters to the west of the lecture hall as well as…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
nōkotsudō 納骨堂

1 A hall where cinerary urns are stored and human ashes are kept.
2 A building to house…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
nōsashōtō 能作生塔

A miniature pagoda in a bowl or rotund bottle shape. The pagoda is made of gilt bronze *…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures

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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