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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
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