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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
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…

Architecture, Shrines
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…

Architecture, Shrines
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 *…

Architecture, Shrines
yuniwa 斎庭

Also *saijō 斎場. A place to perform purification rituals and to worship the…

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