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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
chōzuya 手水舎

Also written 手水屋. Also called suibansha 水盤舎 or temizuya 手水舎. Shrine or temple building for cleaning hands…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
chūdō 中堂

Lit. central hall. A hall situated between two Buddhist halls or a hall with corridors attached on either side. The most…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
chūkondō 中金堂

Lit. middle golden hall. An image hall *kondō 金堂 located at the center of…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
Fudōdō 不動堂

A hall in a Buddhist temple dedicated to the deity *Fudō Myōō 不動明王 (Sk:…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
fugendō 普賢堂 ✓

Also called Shigatsudō 四月堂; *Sanmaidō 三昧堂. A Buddhist temple in which the main deity…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
fukurō 複廊 ✓

A double corridor that was two bays, *ken 間, wide. Window frames with vertical…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
fūsuryō 副寺寮

Also called fūsu 副寺. An administrative office often found in part of a Zen temple kitchen, *…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
futamunerō 二棟廊

A long, wide, double-bay corridor with an open ceiling, *keshō yaneura…

Architecture, Buildings

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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