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Daijōkyū 大嘗宮

Also daijōgū. A temporary palace of unstripped timber, untreated grasses and reeds, and bamboo, used for the Grand…

Architecture, Shrines
Daijōsai 大嘗祭

Also read ōnihe matsuri, ōnie matsuri, ōname matsuri, and ōmube matsuri. The Great Food…

Architecture, Shrines
daikoku-bashira 大黒柱 ✓

Also written 大極柱, shin-no-hashira 心の柱, yaku-bashira 役柱, and naka-bashira 中柱.

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Architecture, Folk Dwellings, Shrines
dashi 山車

Also called yamaboko 山鉾, hikiyama 引山, maiguruma 舞車, odoriguruma 踊車, and yatai…

Architecture, Shrines
dashimise-zukuri 出店造

Small shrine buildings in an early Kasuga style, *kasuga-zukuri 春日造, that…

Architecture, Shrines
nagare-zukuri 流造 ✓

Also nagare hafu-zukuri 流破風造. A widely used style of main sanctuary *…

Architecture, Shrines
nagatoko 長床

A room at Kumano Jinja 熊野神社, in Fukushima Prefecture, which is similar to a worshipper's hall *…

Architecture, Shrines
Naikūgen torii 内宮源鳥居

Small entrance-gates at Yoshida Jinja 吉田神社 in Kyoto. They are located in front of two small shrines behind the octagonal…

Architecture, Shrines
nainaijin 内内陣

1 A miniature shrine within the sanctuary of a Shinto shrine.

2 The innermost…

Architecture, Shrines
nakayama torii 中山鳥居

Also called banshi torii 伴氏鳥居. A stone entrance-gate to a Shinto shrine *torii…

Architecture, Shrines
naoraiden 直会殿

Also read noraidono, gesaiden 解斎殿. A shrine building to which priests retire after performing the Shinto…

Architecture, Shrines
nune torii 奴禰鳥居

An ornamental type of *myōjin torii 明神鳥居, or gate-like entrance a Shinto…

Architecture, Shrines

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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