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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
Nageiredō 投入堂 ✓

Also once known as Zaōdō 蔵王堂. The Nageiredō is a small building, constructed in the overhang style kake-zukuri 懸造,…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
naidō 内堂

Buddhist priests' living quarters. Higher-ranking priests had two rooms one behind the other. The inner room was called the…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
nanto shichidaiji 南都七大寺

Lit. "southern capital seven great temples." A generic expression in use by the 8th century referring to the seven great…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
narabidō 双堂 ✓

Also read sōdō. Twin buildings in the grounds of a Japanese temple that are of equal length, but not necessarily of…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
narabigura 双倉 ✓

Also read sōsō. Lit. "twin storehouses." Two storehouses of the same size placed so that the space between was the…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
nenbutsudō 念仏堂 ✓

A hall within the precinct of a Buddhist temple used for the purpose of training Buddhist monks to meditate on and recite…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
Nigatsudō 二月堂 ✓

Lit. "second month hall." A temple widely known for its famous ancient festival called omizutori お水取り in March…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
nijū butsudō 二重仏堂

A term that can be applied to any temple or shrine building etc., which has either a double roof, a skirting *…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
nikairō 二階廊

A second story corridor. A corridor of this type is thought to have first existed at Tōfukuji 東福寺, in Kyoto established in…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
niōdō 二王堂

A building or often a gate that enshrines the two guardian deities, protectors of Buddhism. They are generally placed at the…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
nishimuro 西室

West dormitory. In the 7th and 8th centuries, some temples had monk's quarters to the west of the lecture hall as well as…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
nōkotsudō 納骨堂

1 A hall where cinerary urns are stored and human ashes are kept.
2 A building to house…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
nōsashōtō 能作生塔

A miniature pagoda in a bowl or rotund bottle shape. The pagoda is made of gilt bronze *…

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