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daiden 大殿

Also daiyūden 大雄殿.

1 A synonym for main hall *hondō…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
daikōdō 大講堂 ✓

Lit. large lecture hall. The lecture hall at Hōryūji 法隆寺 in Nara is the most famous and oldest extant daikōdō. The…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
daishidō 大師堂 ✓

Lit. great master hall. Daishidō are temple buildings particularly important to the Shingon 真言 sect, established by…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
daitō 大塔 ✓

Lit. Large pagoda. A 2-storied pagoda. A large pagoda of the *tahōtō 多宝塔 type,…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
daiyū hōden 大雄宝殿 ✓

Also called daiyūden 大雄殿 or *daiden 大殿. Lit. great leader's treasure…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
Denpōdō 伝法堂 ✓

A lecture hall at Hōryūji Tōin 法隆寺東院 (Hōryūji East Compound), dating from about the mid-8th century, the time when the East…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
dotō 土塔

Also called tsuchi-no-tō 土の塔 or dantō 段塔. Lit. earthen pagoda. Dantō means stepped pagoda. A…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
gedō 外堂

Lit. outer hall. The outer part of a two part structure called the *sōdō 僧堂…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
Gekkōden 月光殿

A guest hall at Gokokuji 護国寺 in Tokyo. It is a large single storied structure of 7 x 6 bays, and has a hip-and gable roof *…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
gobō 御坊

1 Also *betsuin 別院. A branch temple.

2…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
gobutsudō 五仏堂

An Esoteric Buddhist hall dedicated to the central Buddha of the Shingon 真言 sect, *…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
gochidō 五智堂

Also called shinmendō 真面堂. A very small open building 1 x 1 bay (2.49 m) with a large central pillar to which are…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
godaidō 五大堂 ✓

A hall dedicated to the five guardian kings, also called the five renowned deities *Godai…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
gojū-no-tō 五重塔 ✓

A five-storied pagoda usually 3 x 3 bays square with the central bays used as entrances. The corner bays most often contain…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
goken-sanko 五間三戸

Any gate five bays wide of which the three center ones are usually entrances. Often, there is only one opening for passage…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
gomadō 護摩堂

Small buildings at Buddhist temples of Shingon 真言 and Tendai 天台 sects, used especially for Esoteric Buddhism mikkyō…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
gorintō 五輪塔 ✓

Lit. five-ring pagoda. Also gorin 五輪, gorin sekitō 五輪石塔, hōkaitō 法界塔, gorin tōba 五輪塔婆,…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
gyōya 行屋

1 Small buildings or huts where village representatives used to stay en route to or upon return from a…

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