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gedō 外堂

Lit. outer hall. The outer part of a two part structure called the *sōdō 僧堂…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
Gekkōden 月光殿

A guest hall at Gokokuji 護国寺 in Tokyo. It is a large single storied structure of 7 x 6 bays, and has a hip-and gable roof *…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
gobō 御坊

1 Also *betsuin 別院. A branch temple.

2…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
gobutsudō 五仏堂

An Esoteric Buddhist hall dedicated to the central Buddha of the Shingon 真言 sect, *…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
gochidō 五智堂

Also called shinmendō 真面堂. A very small open building 1 x 1 bay (2.49 m) with a large central pillar to which are…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
godaidō 五大堂 ✓

A hall dedicated to the five guardian kings, also called the five renowned deities *Godai…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
gojū-no-tō 五重塔 ✓

A five-storied pagoda usually 3 x 3 bays square with the central bays used as entrances. The corner bays most often contain…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
goken-sanko 五間三戸

Any gate five bays wide of which the three center ones are usually entrances. Often, there is only one opening for passage…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
gomadō 護摩堂

Small buildings at Buddhist temples of Shingon 真言 and Tendai 天台 sects, used especially for Esoteric Buddhism mikkyō…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
gorintō 五輪塔 ✓

Lit. five-ring pagoda. Also gorin 五輪, gorin sekitō 五輪石塔, hōkaitō 法界塔, gorin tōba 五輪塔婆,…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
gyōya 行屋

1 Small buildings or huts where village representatives used to stay en route to or upon return from a…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
jibutsudō 持仏堂

Also called *butsuma 仏間.

1 Small, private buildings or…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
jikidō 食堂

Also called saidō 斎堂. A refectory. An independent building on temple grounds where priests and monks had their…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
jingūji 神宮寺

Also called jingoji 神護寺, jingū'in 神宮院, jinganji 神願寺, miyadera 宮寺, or bettōji…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
jizōdō 地蔵堂 ✓

A temple hall where the Buddhist deity *Jizō 地蔵 (Sk. Ksitigarbha) is…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
Jōdodō 浄土堂

Lit. Pure Land Hall. The main hall of the Shingon 真言 sect temple of Jōdoji 浄土寺 in Hyōgo Prefecture, dedicated to *…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
jōgyōdō 常行堂

Also called jōgyō sanmaidō 常行三昧堂. A hall where a devotee walks around a statue of the *…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
jūbō 住房

The earliest (6th-12th century) Buddhist living quarters for priests' and monks. Arranged outside the sacred area containing…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
Jūjūtō 十重塔

A unique, ten-story stone pagoda *sekitō 石塔 at Injōji 引接寺(1386) in Kyoto.…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
jūsanjū-no-tō  十三重の塔 ✓

A thirteen-storied pagoda. The only wooden thirteen-storied pagoda extant is located at Danzan Jinja 談山神社 (1532) in Nara.…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures

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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