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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
ikkensha zukuri 一間社造

A style of main shrine building that has a small one-bay sanctuary *honden…

Architecture, Shrines
imibiyaden 忌火屋殿

Lit. pure fire hall. A hall for the preparation of food to be offered to the gods at Ise Jingu 伊勢神宮. The character 忌 imi…

Architecture, Shrines
inari torii 稲荷鳥居 ✓

A type of gate-like structure *torii 鳥居 at inari 稲荷…

Architecture, Shrines
ise torii 伊勢鳥居 ✓

Gateways *torii 鳥居, specific to Ise Jingū 伊勢神宮, of which there are two types.…

Architecture, Shrines
raiden 礼殿

Also *haiden 拝殿. A worship hall for Shinto shrine visitors. The plan…

Architecture, Shrines
reibyō 霊廟 ✓

Also byōsho 廟所 or mitamaya 霊屋.
A mausoleum in which the spirit of the dead is enshrined. It may be…

Architecture, Shrines
ryōbu torii 両部鳥居 ✓

Also called yotsuashi torii 四脚鳥居, gongen torii 権現鳥居 or chigobashira torii 稚児柱鳥居. A Shinto shrine…

Architecture, Shrines
ryōnagare-zukuri 両流造

Also abbreviated to ryōnagare 両流. A style of main sanctuary *honden…

Architecture, Shrines
ryōsage-zukuri 両下造

A gable roof *kirizuma-zukuri 切妻造, which has no gable…

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