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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.
1 A pagoda constructed to enshrine a Buddhist image.
2 A five…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
tahōtō 多宝塔 ✓

A 2-storied pagoda that developed from the circular, roofed one called *hōtō 宝塔…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
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…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
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…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
tanrō 単廊

A single corridor that is 182 cm wide, commonly found in temples. Some shrines have double corridors *…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
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…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
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…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
tō 塔

Also called tōba 塔婆, sotoba 卒都婆 or *tasōtō 多層塔 (many-layered…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
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…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
tōkondō 東金堂

Also originally called higashi butsuden'in 東仏殿院. A worship hall placed to the east of the pagoda *…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
tōshin 塔身

The framework of a pagoda *tō 塔, excluding the roof *…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
tōsu 東司 ✓

Also read tōshi. Originally tōsu was the god of the latrine who was also called fujō kongō…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
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…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
tsujidō 辻堂

Lit. "cross roads hall." A small Buddhist structure erected at the main intersection of a village, along a village road, or…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
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…

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