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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
tahōtō 多宝塔 ✓

A 2-storied pagoda that developed from the circular, roofed one called *hōtō 宝塔…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
taibō 大房

Also pronounced daibō. A large room 6.7 m wide and 12.7 m deep, constructed in a style customary from about the mid…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
taishidō 太子堂

A hall either dedicated to Shōtoku Taishi 聖徳太子 (ca. 574-622), the second son of Emperor Yōmei 用明 (r. 585-87), or a building…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
tanrō 単廊

A single corridor that is 182 cm wide, commonly found in temples. Some shrines have double corridors *…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
tasōtō 多層塔 ✓

Also called tajūtō 多重塔. A generic term for pagodas that are from three to thirteen stories. An even number of…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
tatchū 塔頭

Also written 塔中. A simple building containing a pagoda that enshrined the ashes of a founder or head priest of a Zen 禅…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
Tatekaketō 建掛塔

Lit. "under construction pagoda." A pagoda at Kanshinji 観心寺 in Osaka that has only its first story. Kusunoki Masashige 楠木正成…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
tō 塔

Also called tōba 塔婆, sotoba 卒都婆 or *tasōtō 多層塔 (many-layered…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
Tōgudō 東求堂

Lit. "east seeking hall." A small building at Jishōji 慈照寺, also popularly known as Ginkakuji 銀閣寺 (1485), Kyoto, built by…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
tōkondō 東金堂

Also originally called higashi butsuden'in 東仏殿院. A worship hall placed to the east of the pagoda *…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
tōshin 塔身

The framework of a pagoda *tō 塔, excluding the roof *…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
tōsu 東司 ✓

Also read tōshi. Originally tōsu was the god of the latrine who was also called fujō kongō…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
tōtō 東塔

Lit. "east pagoda." A pagoda located toward the front and on the east side of a temple's precinct grounds. When there are…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
tsujidō 辻堂

Lit. "cross roads hall." A small Buddhist structure erected at the main intersection of a village, along a village road, or…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
Tsumamuro 妻室 ✓

The dormitory for ordinary attendant monks at Hōryūji 法隆寺 in Nara. The present Tsumamuro was constructed in the Heian period…

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