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hachiman torii 八幡鳥居 ✓

A pillar of the shinmei type, *shinmei torii 神明鳥居, with no…

Architecture, Shrines
hachiman-zukuri 八幡造

A style of shrine architecture characterized by a structure which from the side-view gives the impression of two separate…

Architecture, Shrines
haiden 拝殿 ✓

A worship hall at a Shinto shrine, usually placed on the same axis as the offering hall, *…

Architecture, Shrines
hakozaki torii 筥崎鳥居

Also called Hakozaki Hachimangū 筥崎八幡宮, Hakozaki no Miya 筥崎宮 or Hizen torii 肥前鳥居. A stone pillar type of gate characterized…

Architecture, Shrines
haraidono 祓殿

Lit. purification hall. Also read haraedono. Also haraidokoro 祓所. A hall where Shinto priests or lay…

Architecture, Shrines
hashidono 橋殿 ✓

Lit. bridge building. A wooden structure (3 × 4 bays) built over a stream. It is closely related to the kaguraden…

Architecture, Shrines
heiden 幣殿

A shrine building, usually located on the same axis as the worship hall *haiden…

Architecture, Shrines
hie-zukuri 日吉造

Also called shōtei-zukuri or shōtai-zukuri 聖帝造 or sannō-zukuri 山王造. A unique style of shrine…

Architecture, Shrines
himorogi 神籬

1 A single sacred pillar standing independently. Its origin as well as its true significance is not clear…

Architecture, Shrines
hiyoku irimoya-zukuri 比翼入母屋造 ✓

A style of hip-and-gable roof exemplified by the one on the *honden 本殿 at…

Architecture, Shrines
hōko 宝庫

Also hōzō 宝蔵, shinko 神庫, itakura 板倉, banzō 板蔵, sazō 叉蔵. A storehouse for…

Architecture, Shrines
honden 本殿

The sanctuary of a Shinto shrine, considered the most sacred shrine building because it contains the essence of the deity,…

Architecture, Shrines
nagare-zukuri 流造 ✓

Also nagare hafu-zukuri 流破風造. A widely used style of main sanctuary *…

Architecture, Shrines
nagatoko 長床

A room at Kumano Jinja 熊野神社, in Fukushima Prefecture, which is similar to a worshipper's hall *…

Architecture, Shrines
Naikūgen torii 内宮源鳥居

Small entrance-gates at Yoshida Jinja 吉田神社 in Kyoto. They are located in front of two small shrines behind the octagonal…

Architecture, Shrines
nainaijin 内内陣

1 A miniature shrine within the sanctuary of a Shinto shrine.

2 The innermost…

Architecture, Shrines
nakayama torii 中山鳥居

Also called banshi torii 伴氏鳥居. A stone entrance-gate to a Shinto shrine *torii…

Architecture, Shrines
naoraiden 直会殿

Also read noraidono, gesaiden 解斎殿. A shrine building to which priests retire after performing the Shinto…

Architecture, Shrines
nune torii 奴禰鳥居

An ornamental type of *myōjin torii 明神鳥居, or gate-like entrance a Shinto…

Architecture, Shrines

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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