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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
busshudana 仏守棚 Lit. Buddha protecting shelf. A type of decorative shelf with sliding-door cabinets on the bottom and an ogee-shaped… Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings
gedan 下段

Lit. low step. The lowest level of floor space in a formal *shoin 書院 style room…

Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings
gusokudana 具足棚

Lit. Shelves to display armor. They are placed next to an alcove *tokonoma…

Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings
gyobutsudana 御物棚

A set of double cabinets with four sliding door panels attached to the ceiling next to the decorative alcove *…

Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings

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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