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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
chokushimon 勅使門

A gate originally used only by the Emperor. Primarily found at Buddhist temples, it is usually a four-legged gate *…

Architecture, Gates
chūmon 中門

1 Middle gate. The second or inner gate on the north-south axis of a temple compound in the ancient period…

Architecture, Gates
Jōmeimon 承明門 ✓

Also read Shōmeimon, called *Kōmon 閤門. A large, single-storied gate…

Architecture, Gates
jūsōmon 重層門

Lit. a gate of more than one story. Jūsōmon is a gate with a large roof over the entire structure. A balcony,…

Architecture, Gates

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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