| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| chakutōden 着到殿 | ✓ | Also written 著到殿 or tōchakuden 到着殿. The designated place for the imperial messenger, chokushi 勅使, and… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| chigi 千木 | Also written 鎮木, 知木, 知疑. Also higi 氷木. 1 Forked finials, which are found on most Shinto… |
Architecture, Shrines, Folk Dwellings | |
| chinjusha 鎮守社 | ✓ | Also read chinju no yashiro. It is sometimes called chinjudō 鎮守堂; dojidō 土地堂; … |
Architecture, Shrines |
| chō-no-ya 庁の屋 | Also written 庁舎 and read chō-no-ya or chōsha. A building in which priests gathered to discuss ceremonies… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| chokushiden 勅使殿 | ✓ | The chokushiden is the place where an envoy, chokushi 勅使, stays when he is sent to a shrine to offer… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| chūden 中殿 | The space *ai-no-ma 相の間 between the sanctuary *… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| chūjin 中陣 | A term used in shrine architecture: a middle area between the *honden 本殿, *… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| hachiman torii 八幡鳥居 | ✓ | A pillar of the shinmei type, *shinmei torii 神明鳥居, with no… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| hachiman-zukuri 八幡造 | A style of shrine architecture characterized by a structure which from the side-view gives the impression of two separate… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| haiden 拝殿 | ✓ | A worship hall at a Shinto shrine, usually placed on the same axis as the offering hall, *… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| hakozaki torii 筥崎鳥居 | Also called Hakozaki Hachimangū 筥崎八幡宮, Hakozaki no Miya 筥崎宮 or Hizen torii 肥前鳥居. A stone pillar type of gate characterized… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| haraidono 祓殿 | Lit. purification hall. Also read haraedono. Also haraidokoro 祓所. A hall where Shinto priests or lay… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| hashidono 橋殿 | ✓ | Lit. bridge building. A wooden structure (3 × 4 bays) built over a stream. It is closely related to the kaguraden… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| heiden 幣殿 | A shrine building, usually located on the same axis as the worship hall *haiden… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| hie-zukuri 日吉造 | Also called shōtei-zukuri or shōtai-zukuri 聖帝造 or sannō-zukuri 山王造. A unique style of shrine… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| himorogi 神籬 | 1 A single sacred pillar standing independently. Its origin as well as its true significance is not clear… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| hiyoku irimoya-zukuri 比翼入母屋造 | ✓ | A style of hip-and-gable roof exemplified by the one on the *honden 本殿 at… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| hōko 宝庫 | Also hōzō 宝蔵, shinko 神庫, itakura 板倉, banzō 板蔵, sazō 叉蔵. A storehouse for… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| honden 本殿 | The sanctuary of a Shinto shrine, considered the most sacred shrine building because it contains the essence of the deity,… |
Architecture, Shrines |
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