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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
Tayasumon 田安門 ✓

One of the gates in the inner enclosure of the old Edo-jō 江戸城. It preserves the *…

Architecture, Gates
Tetsumon 鉄門

A unique gate at Himeji-jō 姫路城 'Nu'-no-mon 'ぬ'の門 (1601-10), Hyōgo Prefecture. It is tall and has a double story and…

Architecture, Gates
tōdaimon 東大門

The main, east gate of a temple compound.

Architecture, Gates
tsuchimon 土門

A roofless gate set in an earthen wall. At Kyoto Gosho 京都御所, there are two such gates: the Upper East Gate, Jōtōmon 上東門, and…

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