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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
wakimon 脇門

Also read *ekimon 掖門. A side gate or a small gate on one or both sides of a…

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