| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
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| Aizendō 愛染堂 | An octagonal hall *hakkaku endō 八角円堂, at Sanshōji 三聖寺 in… |
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| 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… |
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| tahōtō 多宝塔 | ✓ | A 2-storied pagoda that developed from the circular, roofed one called *hōtō 宝塔… |
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| taibō 大房 | Also pronounced daibō. A large room 6.7 m wide and 12.7 m deep, constructed in a style customary from about the mid… |
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| taishidō 太子堂 | A hall either dedicated to Shōtoku Taishi 聖徳太子 (ca. 574-622), the second son of Emperor Yōmei 用明 (r. 585-87), or a building… |
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| tanrō 単廊 | A single corridor that is 182 cm wide, commonly found in temples. Some shrines have double corridors *… |
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| tasōtō 多層塔 | ✓ | Also called tajūtō 多重塔. A generic term for pagodas that are from three to thirteen stories. An even number of… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| tatchū 塔頭 | Also written 塔中. A simple building containing a pagoda that enshrined the ashes of a founder or head priest of a Zen 禅… |
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| Tatekaketō 建掛塔 | Lit. "under construction pagoda." A pagoda at Kanshinji 観心寺 in Osaka that has only its first story. Kusunoki Masashige 楠木正成… |
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| tō 塔 | Also called tōba 塔婆, sotoba 卒都婆 or *tasōtō 多層塔 (many-layered… |
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| Tōgudō 東求堂 | Lit. "east seeking hall." A small building at Jishōji 慈照寺, also popularly known as Ginkakuji 銀閣寺 (1485), Kyoto, built by… |
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| tōkondō 東金堂 | Also originally called higashi butsuden'in 東仏殿院. A worship hall placed to the east of the pagoda *… |
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| tōshin 塔身 | The framework of a pagoda *tō 塔, excluding the roof *… |
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| tōsu 東司 | ✓ | Also read tōshi. Originally tōsu was the god of the latrine who was also called fujō kongō… |
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| tōtō 東塔 | Lit. "east pagoda." A pagoda located toward the front and on the east side of a temple's precinct grounds. When there are… |
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| tsujidō 辻堂 | Lit. "cross roads hall." A small Buddhist structure erected at the main intersection of a village, along a village road, or… |
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| Tsumamuro 妻室 | ✓ | The dormitory for ordinary attendant monks at Hōryūji 法隆寺 in Nara. The present Tsumamuro was constructed in the Heian period… |
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