| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
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| hachiman torii 八幡鳥居 | ✓ | A pillar of the shinmei type, *shinmei torii 神明鳥居, with no… |
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| 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… |
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| haiden 拝殿 | ✓ | A worship hall at a Shinto shrine, usually placed on the same axis as the offering hall, *… |
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| 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… |
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| haraidono 祓殿 | Lit. purification hall. Also read haraedono. Also haraidokoro 祓所. A hall where Shinto priests or lay… |
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| hashidono 橋殿 | ✓ | Lit. bridge building. A wooden structure (3 × 4 bays) built over a stream. It is closely related to the kaguraden… |
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| heiden 幣殿 | A shrine building, usually located on the same axis as the worship hall *haiden… |
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| 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… |
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| himorogi 神籬 | 1 A single sacred pillar standing independently. Its origin as well as its true significance is not clear… |
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| 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… |
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| hōko 宝庫 | Also hōzō 宝蔵, shinko 神庫, itakura 板倉, banzō 板蔵, sazō 叉蔵. A storehouse for… |
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| honden 本殿 | The sanctuary of a Shinto shrine, considered the most sacred shrine building because it contains the essence of the deity,… |
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| saijō 斎場 | 1 An area temporarily purified to erect temporary buildings and facilities for performing the *… |
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| saikan 斎館 | Also *kandachi 神館, shinkan 神館. |
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| sakadono 酒殿 | ✓ | Also misakedono 御酒殿; the prefix mi 御 is an honorific. |
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| sanja-zukuri 三社造 | Also called sangenyashiro or sangensha 三間社. A type of Shinto shrine. The main building *… |
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| sannō torii 山王鳥居 | ✓ | Also called hie torii 日吉鳥居, sōgō torii 総合鳥居, hafu torii 破風鳥居 or gasshō torii 合掌鳥居.… |
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| sanrōsho 山籠所 | Lit. "a place to go into seclusion." A shrine or temple where priests or laymen can retire alone to pray. However, special… |
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| seihōkei haiden 正方形拝殿 | Square worship hall. A type of worship hall at a Shinto shrine. The 3 × 3 bay hall is believed to have been derived from a… |
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| sengen-zukuri 浅間造 | A style of architecture exemplified by the 2-storied worship hall *haiden 拝殿 at… |
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| senzasai 遷座祭 | A festival held for a building that is to be dismantled and rebuilt, or undergo major repairs. Before construction begins,… |
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| sessha 摂社 | ✓ | A Shinto shrine, second in rank and size to the main shrine honsha 本社, but having a status higher than the *… |
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| shake 社家 | Also shashike 社司家 or shakeshū 社家衆. |
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| shamusho 社務所 | A group of administrative and sometimes commercial buildings at a Shinto shrine. In ancient times, each shrine was… |
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| shichimen-zukuri 七面造 | A style of Shinto shrine architecture originating in the Edo period, similar to the sengen style *… |
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| shikinen sengū 式年遷宮 | The transfer of a deity, goshintai 御神体, from a permanent building to a temporary one *… |
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| shimaki 島木 | 1 The secondary or collateral lintel placed against the underside of the top lintel *… |
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| shimaki torii 島木鳥居 | An expression used to refer to any entrance gate at a Shinto shrine *torii 鳥居… |
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| shin-no-mihashira 心の御柱 | Also called shin-no-hashira 心の柱, imibashira 忌柱 or 斎柱, or shin-no-mihashira 真の御柱. Non-structural,… |
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| shinkyū 神厩 | ✓ | A special stable to house the sacred horse offered to a shrine by the imperial family or a nobleman. The most famous is that… |
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| shinmei torii 神明鳥居 | ✓ | Also futabashira torii 二柱鳥居. A generic name for a Shinto gate *torii… |
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| shinmei-zukuri 神明造 | ✓ | An ancient style of Shinto shrine architecture used especially for the main sanctuary *… |
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| shinmon 神門 | ✓ | Lit. "deity gate." Any type of gate found at a shrine, excluding the gate-like entrance to the sacred ground of a Shinto… |
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| shinpukuden 神服殿 | A Shinto shrine building where winter and summer clothing are sewn and offered to the deities. Some scholars believe that… |
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| shinsenjo 神饌所 | Also called gokūsho 供御所 or goryōya 御料屋; also nieden or niedono 贄殿. The place where… |
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| shiromaruta torii 白丸太鳥居 | Also goryō torii 御陵鳥居, shiroki torii 白木鳥居 or *shimaki torii… |
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| shitakado 下角 | 1 The lower corners of any beam cut at an angle. |
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| shitennōji torii 四天王寺鳥居 | A stone entrance gate *torii 鳥居 of the myōjin type *… |
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| sōja 総社 | Also written 惣社. Also pronounced sōsha or subeyashiro. A shrine that contains many deities, which may… |
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| sumiyoshi torii 住吉鳥居 | A stone gate-like entrance, torii of the myōjin type *myōjin… |
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| sumiyoshi-zukuri 住吉造 | A style of main sanctuary *honden 本殿 in Shinto shrine… |
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