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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
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