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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
Jōmeimon 承明門 ✓

Also read Shōmeimon, called *Kōmon 閤門. A large, single-storied gate…

Architecture, Gates
jūsōmon 重層門

Lit. a gate of more than one story. Jūsōmon is a gate with a large roof over the entire structure. A balcony,…

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