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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
Gekkamon 月華門

1 A gate in the corridor connecting the two halls Kyōshoden 校書殿 and Anpukuden 安福殿 in the Imperial Palace at…

Architecture, Gates
Gishūmon 宜秋門 ✓

Also called Kugyōmon 公卿門 or Karagomon 唐御門. A 4-legged gate *…

Architecture, Gates
gokenmon 五間門 ✓

A five-bay gate. A five-bay, three-opening gate is called *goken-sanko 五間三戸…

Architecture, Gates
ichi no mon 一の門

The first or main gate of a castle. At Matsuyamajō 松山城 in Ehime Prefecture, the gate plan was square *…

Architecture, Gates, Castles
ikuwamon 的門

A gate at Heijō palace, Heijōkyū 平城宮 (8th century), in Nara that no longer exists but is mentioned in Shoku Nihongi…

Architecture, Gates
inukimon 鋳抜門 ✓

Also called okusha karamon 奥社唐門. A gate with cast bronze doors or a gate that is entirely made of bronze. …

Architecture, Gates
Ishikawamon 石川門

A gate at Kanazawajō 金沢城 (1788) in Ishikawa Prefecture. It is an excellent example of the square *…

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