| 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 | |
| yasaka-zukuri 八坂造 | Also *yasaka-zukuri 祇園造. A style of shrine architecture which began in the… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| yashiro 社 | 1 A Shinto shrine. 2 In very ancient times before permanent buildings were erected… |
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| yōhaiden 遥拝殿 | In ancient times called fukukai 伏拝; ippukuhai 一伏拝. The worship of a god that is enshrined at a distant… |
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| yokohaiden 横拝殿 | ✓ | A long, rectangular worship hall at a Shinto shrine with entrances on the front and rear sides parallel to the ridge. The… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| yūitsu shinmei zukuri 唯一神明造 | Lit. "the unique shinmei style." A style of Shinto Shrine architecture characterized by the main sanctuaries *… |
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| yuniwa 斎庭 | Also *saijō 斎場. A place to perform purification rituals and to worship the… |
Architecture, Shrines |
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