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hiage-ishi 灯上石 Also kazari-ishi 飾石, hitomoshi-ishi 火灯石, tenka-ishi 点火石. Originally, the stone on which a flame was placed before it was… Architecture, Lanterns
higuchi 灯口

Also 火口. Openings around the flame holder *hibukuro 火袋 of a lantern…

Architecture, Lanterns
honka dōrō 本歌灯籠

Lanterns, usually found at shrines or temples, with sufficient aesthetic and historical fame to warrant copying by later…

Architecture, Lanterns
hōtōgata tōrō 宝塔形灯籠

An unusual type of pagoda-shaped lantern found in a graveyard at Tsubakidera 椿寺 near Kitano Tenmangū 北野天満宮 in Kyoto.…

Architecture, Lanterns
tōrō 灯籠 ✓

Also written 灯篭. A lantern. The earliest were introduced to Japan from China through Korea along with Buddhism in the 6th…

Architecture, Lanterns
tsuridōrō 釣灯籠 ✓

Also *kaitomoshi 掻灯. A lantern hung from the corner of the eaves of a…

Architecture, Lanterns

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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