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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
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
taisha-zukuri 大社造 ✓

Also called ōyashiro-zukuri. The oldest style of shrine architecture. Its small scale is thought to resemble that…

Architecture, Shrines
tasukizumi 襷墨 ✓

A diagonal line. A word applied to structural members used in the modular system kikujutsu 規矩術. Specifically, this…

Architecture, Shrines
tatehaiden 縦拝殿 ✓

A type of worship hall *haiden 拝殿 which is attached to the main…

Architecture, Shrines
teinaisha 邸内社

Also dainaisha 第内社. A shrine within the estate or premises teinai 邸内 of a nobleman. The mansion, …

Architecture, Shrines
tenchi kongen-zukuri 天地根元造

1 A prehistoric pit dwelling *tateana jūkyo …

Architecture, Shrines
torii 鳥居

Also written 鳥栖; 鶏栖. Lit. "bird perch." At one time, torii were called uefukazu-no-mikado or…

Architecture, Shrines
toriimon 鳥居門

Lit. "bird perch gate." A shrine gate with a board fence attached to the outer part of each of the two pillars. A *…

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