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Daiippōmon 第一峰門 ✓

A unique Chinese style four-legged gate made by Chinese carpenters in 1644 using imported, broad leaf cedar. It is located…

Architecture, Gates
daimon 大門

Also pronounced *ōmon. A generic term for a variety of styles of main gates. One…

Architecture, Gates
Dairimon 内裏門

A general term for gates belonging to the Imperial Palace, Kyoto Gosho 京都御所. The *Shōmei…

Architecture, Gates
ōmon 大門

Also read *daimon. Lit. large gate. A large gate that functions as the entrance…

Architecture, Gates
omotemon 表門

A generic term for the main gates of an aristocratic dwelling. It applies especially to residences in the shinden…

Architecture, Gates
ōmunamon 大棟門

Also read ōmunekado. A large gate that is similar to another type of gate called *…

Architecture, Gates
onarimon 御成門

A visitor's or regent's gate. A type of *yakuimon 薬医門 or *…

Architecture, Gates
Ōtenmon 応天門

The red-painted front gate, 5 x 2 bays with three entrances that provided access from the south to enter the *…

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