| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| bentendō 弁天堂 | Also called benzaitendō 弁才天堂. A small structure that houses an image of Benten 弁天 (Sk: Sarasvati, *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| betsuin 別院 | Also called *gobō 御坊. In the Nagoya area, it is called kakesho… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| bishamondō 毘沙門堂 | ✓ | A temple hall dedicated to *Bishamonten 毘沙門天, one of the four gods, or *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| burō 廡廊 | A corridor that enclosed an open area or surrounded a space in which buildings were erected. A term from the 7th-9th century… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| bussharitō 仏舎利塔 | Also called *sharitō 舎利塔. A reliquary in a stupa or pagoda. These could be… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| busshōya 仏餉屋 | ✓ | Also called gokusho 御供所. A Buddhist building used to prepare ritual food offerings called busshō 仏餉, *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| butsuden 仏殿 | ✓ | Also *daiyū hōden 大雄宝殿. The main hall of a Zen temple. Butsuden… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| butsudō 仏堂 | Also called *butsuden 仏殿; bukkaku 仏閣, *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| butsuma 仏間 | A room for Buddhist images (either two- or three-dimensional images) or, especially in a residence, an altar or tabernacle… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures, Folk Dwellings | |
| byōtō 廟塔 | Lit. mausoleum pagoda. |
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… |
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| 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… |
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| 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. |
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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